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Womanby Street sign in Cardiff

Your stories

Read and listen to some of the stories behind place names near you on our local sites.

Early Cardiff place names

Deric John takes a closer look at the city.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

Huw Jenkins shares a few stories about local place names.

Lampeter field names

Jen Mathias on Mid Wales field names.

Newport streets

Jan Preece investigates the city's street names.

NE place names

Ken Lloyd Griffiths on some of the place names along the A55.

Viking Anglesey

Ann Benwell sheds some light on the island's name.

Ciliau Aeron

Ciliau Parc Primary School research historic field names.

Cadfan battlefields

Idris Davies on names around the site of the Battle of Cadfan.

Denbigh stories

Sharon Braunton asks Bobi Owen how Denbigh got its name.

Y Ffôr

Eleri of Ysgol Glan-y-môr tells us how the place got its name.

Your Comments

"It owes its name to Tydful, the daughter of Brychan, Prince of Brycheiniog, who was slain in the 5th century."

Kelly from Merthyr

Did you know?

The names Swansea, Anglesey and Milford Haven were influenced by the Vikings.

More about the Vikings.

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