Find below a list of a few place names - if anyone wants a translation of a
parish they are interested in - let me know and I will add the information:
BURRY PORT - adjoins the ancient village of Penbre - Pen, head, top;
bre-fre, up high, or perhaps bre is a corruption of byrn, a hill. Both
suffixes come from the same root, and have analogous significations. Some
think Burry is a compound of bar, wild, frothy, and gwy, water. Burym,
barm, is derived from the same root. The river Berem is not far from this
vicinity. Another attempt is bre-borth; bre-bryn; hill; borth-porth, port.
The seaport is situated at the entrance of the river Burry; hence the
English name - Burry Port.
CAPEL ISAAC - A noted place in connection with the Congregational body since
the year 1650, when the Rev Stephen Hughes, formerly the vicar of Meidrym,
left the Church of England and founded a Congregational church. Suffering
from persecution, they took refuge in a cave fro a short time, and
afterwards built a chapel in 1672 on the land of Isaac Thomas; hence the
name, Capel Isaac, English name - Isaac's Chapel.
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Pauline