In a message dated 22/04/2003 15:46:33 GMT Daylight Time,
waynebillingsley(a)sasktel.net writes:
Hi:
Would anyone have the census for 1831 Bryncrug Mer.
I am searching for Evan Evans-wife is Anne Evans. My GG-Grandfather.
Their son Evan Evans in 1871 census worked on Cynfal Farm Bryncrug. Would
anyone know if that farm is still there to-day.
I have noticed that Farms are named in Wales. Could anyone tell me in
general the origin of the names? Were they named after a person or place?
Thank you Dianne
Hello Diane,
Although a census was taken in Wales and England in 1801, 1811, 1821 and
1831, very very few of the returns have survived and, as far as I know, there
are no surviving census records before 1841 for anywhere in Merionethshire.
Cynfal, Bryncrug is still registered as an address in the Postal Address
Book. If you go to one of the UK map sites such as
http://www.multimap.com/
and put in the UK post code LL36 9RA, it will show a map (and an aerial
photo) of the location. I don't know if it is still a farm. Many welsh
farmhouses are now just private residences with their land having been joined
to other farms to make them a viable size for modern agriculture.
Farms may be named after people, locations or physical descriptions. In
Bryncrug I noticed a Bryn Ithel (Ithel's hill), Tan y Graig (under the rock)
and a Ty Gwyn (white house).
I do not have much knowledge of the art of deciphering the origins of place
names, which is quite a specialist subject and not as straightforward as it
may appear, so I haven't got a clue about the origins of the farm name
Cynfal.
All the best
Alwyn