You've been sending in your questions, adding comments and responding to some of the place name search results you've received on this site. Here's a selection of the most recent.

Gellilydan

Susan Vernon: I was told that it had a previous name before the 1960s when the new road was built. More...

Gorseinon

David Bevan, Gorseinon: Gorseinon takes it's name from Einon ap Owain who was the grandson of Hywel Dda. More...

Trapp

Huw Garan, Rhandir-mwyn: Obivously it's named after Soligny-la-Trappe in France, one of the Cistercian motherhouses. More...

Place name signs

Edward Ebden, Castell frwyn: One thing that bugs me is why on earth do we need place signs in Welsh and English when the name is almost identical apart from a letter, for example Barri and Barry or Llanhelen and Lanhelen? More...

'Llan' names

Bryn Walters, Lampeter: Were places with the pre-fix 'Llan' ever called anything else in the pre Christian period? More...

Valley

Gary Wynne, Valley: How come I live 58ft above sea level without a valley in sight but I live in Valley? More...

Penderyn

Keith Rogers Penderyn: I believe the name comes from the words Pen (Head) deu (two) rhyn (hill). More...

Dinbych

Geraint from Nantglyn: The only option that they had was to kill the cows and eat them hence the name - dimbych (no cows). More...

Pontypool

Margaret Morgan from Cilfrew: I read once in a Welsh Language book that Pontypool was a deritive of Pont Hywel. More...

Tumble

Margaret Morgan from Cilfrew: Surely it is a corruption of the Welsh word 'twm' meaning a hill. The 'ble' part of the word is cognate to 'dle' which also means hill. More...

Pontyberem

Malcolm Alce-King - Pontyberem: 'Berem' refers to the frothy buildup on the surface of the water. More...

Buckley

Steve Shaw from Buckley: Buckley means a clearing in the forest and is mentioned in the doomsday book. More...

Newport

Wendy Hallewell: Why is Newport, Gwent called in Welsh Casnywedd, meaning New Castle, yet Newport, Pembrokeshire is called something different in Welsh? More...

Ruthin

Jeremy Williams, Ruthin: I was told that the second element was either 'din' or 'hin'. The former meaning fort and the latter, a border or edge. More...

Pentyrch

Gwynallt Bowen from Cwmbach: When the residents of Pentyrch killed a boar, they would place its head on top of a tall tree so that their cousins in Taffs Well would know that a BBQ would be held. More...

Dolgarrog

David from Dolgarrog: A local myth is of a dragon called Y Garrog that would sweep down from the mountains and steal the cattle from the meadow but was eventuelly killed by a giant named Ifan. More...

Rhydcymerau

Angharad Eynon from Llanllwni: Apparently, a young woman who had lost her baby boy, went to the edge of the river and said to the river "Rhyd, cymer e" which means "river, take him". More...

Alltwalis

Deric John from Abernant-y-wenallt: In my humble opinion, the 1624 form of 'Tire Allt dwalais' holds the key to its possible etymology - Allt dwalais (the wooded slope near the Dwalais brook). More...

Port Talbot

Colin from Penyfai: The local story was that Lady Talbot would only allow her name to be associated with the town on the understanding that there would be no pubs within the town boundary. More...

Mumbles

Sian from Glais: Many words such as mammaries which have something to do with boobs often have a double m sound within them in many languages. It would then translate as 'place of the breasts'. Wouldn't that be lovely! More...

Cwmrhydyceirw

John Griffiths: It was known as Cwmrhydycwrw (valley etc of the beer). Water was taken from the stream for the making of beer in the local brewery. The Temperance movement (Dirwest) caused the change to the present form. More...