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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