Tuesday, November 14, 2023

List of Historic Place Names

 If you're interested in the historical development of Welsh place names, in both Welsh and English (and indeed, other languages), then check out the List of Historic Place Names, which contains 700,000 names of towns, villages, houses, fields etc.

historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk



The List of Historic Place Names of Wales is a groundbreaking and innovative resource that contains hundreds of thousands of place names collected from historical maps and other sources. It provides a fascinating insight into the land-use, archaeology and history of Wales.

  • To search for a specific place name use the Search box at the top of this page. 

  • To look for all place names in a particular location, select Map and then pan, zoom or use the Map Search tool to centre the map on a location or postcode.

You can also help to enhance the list by using our comments system to add additional information.


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