Dear Listers,
I've just come across a new (to me) on-line resource which may be helpful
when trying to identify and locate a Welsh place-name.
The resource held by the Archive Department of Bangor University in
collaboration with the Arts and Humanities Digitisation Service.
It is the "Archif Melville Richards" place-name database, whose search page
is at:
http://www.e-gymraeg.co.uk/enwaulleoedd/amr/cronfa_en.aspx
The resource is accessed via a 'User Agreement' webpage, whose terms of use
have to be accepted as a condition of using the database.
A typical entry in the database contains the following features: head-name,
location (township, parish, pre-1974 county or other territorial designation
such as commote or island), grid reference (NGR), historical form, date,
source, supplementary references. Archif Melville Richards allocates a
separate field to each feature.
But before performing a search, I strongly advise you to follow the links to
'History & Background' and 'User Guide', near the top right of each
webpage.
Kind regards,
John
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John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK
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