You're absolutely right, David.
I could never quite reconcile the difference between y mor glas and
glaswellt.
Ken
On Nov 5, 2012, at 10:46 PM, David Rowlands wrote:
Except that, in relation to nature, 'glas' is likely to be
better
translated as 'green' (or so I understand).
Hwyl
David
Canberra
On 02/11/2012, at 12:40 AM, Ken Richards
<ken.j.richards(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The Ordnance Survey map for 1888 shows Fach Goch, or Fach-Goch, as a
> farm. The same map also shows a Graig Fach-Goch (Fach-goch Rock)
> above the farm.
>
> The coordinates at Old-Maps (
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html)
> are:
>
> 260778 and 301556
>
> The people who settled the area clearly liked the colours red and
> blue - there area Dol Goch and Bryn Glas in the vicinity!
>
> Ken Richards
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2012, at 12:27 AM, gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
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>> My great, great grandfather was born on 2 October 1815 at a place
>> called "Fach Goch" in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. I looked Fach Goch up
>> on the Internet and it appears to be a small farm area near a
>> historic old railway. Is there anyone out there who could tell me
>> more about this location? Is it the name of a farm, or a
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