As it turns out, Llaithqwm is the name of a farm / farm house in
Llandderfel, Merioneth, Wales, which actually still exists today right on
the banks of a river Dee in the valley of Llandderfel Parish. So this farm
name may translate to Moist Valley or Boggy Vale.
"Llaithgwm appears as a farmhouse on Ordnance Survey map "Outdoor Leisure
18" (Harlech, Porthmadog & Bala, 2.5 inches to the mile) at grid reference
922411, about 3 miles N of Bala, 1.5 miles NE of Frongoch, & 0.75 mile E of
road B4501 from Frongoch to Cerrigydrudion.
One of our local farmers here in Llandrillo (c7 miles E of Bala) was in
fact brought up at Llaithgwm (though, I believe, born a few miles further
north in Cwmpennaner)." [source: information provided by
John Delves, (part-time Llandrillo, part-time Suffolk)]
Thank you for graciously sending me the translation.
Sam Thomas
Roswell, Georgia
770-643-8880
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Subject: [MER] Re: Hugh ap Thomas circa 1610-1630
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English spellings of Welsh place names are notoriously variable
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
PLACE SEARCH
Llandderfel
Wales, Merioneth, Llandderfel
Llaithqwm spelling reminds me of
England, Monmouth, Llangwm
Wales, Denbigh, Llangwm
Wales, Pembroke, Llangwm
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&o...
Llaith moist . . boggy ?
Welsh. lleitho (moisten),
lleithder (moisture), llaith (death, moist),
valley
cwm
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:rLWvWuEpXo0J:www.red4.co.uk/welsh/di...
*Llaithcwm
well back to maps
http://www.old-maps.co.uk
gazetteer: MERIONETHSHIRE Date :1890 Grid Ref: 298500,337500
MERIONETHSHIRE
Llandderfel
: MERIONETHSHIRE Date :1890 Grid Ref: 298500,337500
just browse the 9 maps
very slow this afternoon
see many place names and farma and woods
look along the rivers for a boggy place
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/Llandderfel/
http://streetmap.co.uk
places
Llandderfel, Gwynedd [Town]
Llandderfel, Gwynedd [City/Town/Village]
Use
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=298229&Y=337662&A=...
to link to this map.
Location is at 298229E 337662N (N52:55:36 W3:30:55)
a Llangwm to the north
best I can do
Hugh W
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