List of standardised Welsh place-names in Cardiff

The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Cardiff, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh. The list contains 53 entries, as of November 2023.

Location of the City and County of Cardiff in Wales.

The list is based on recommendations provided by the Place-names Standardisation Panel, convened by the Commissioner, for expert advice on the standardisation of Welsh place-names. The panel bases their decisions on a set of guidelines (currently dating to June 2023), specific to Welsh settlement names (such as those of villages, towns, and cities) and topographic features (such as lakes, mountains and rivers). The panel does not cover house or building names, although similar principles could be applied to them or to names for new developments (for which the Commissioner offers their own advice to local authorities and housing developers).[1] The panel may also have used additional guidelines.[2]

The list was first published in 2018,[3] and took years to put together.[4] Upon creation, these lists were published under the Open Government Licence 3.0.[5][6]

List

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Recommended standardised names Not recommended names Type Grid reference
Welsh English Welsh English
Adamsdown Adamsdown Settlement ST1976
Caerau Caerau Settlement ST1375
Caerdydd Cardiff Settlement ST1876
Cathays Cathays Settlement ST1877
Coryton Coryton Settlement ST1481
Creigiau Creigiau Settlement ST0881
Croes Cwrlwys Culverhouse Cross Settlement ST1275
Cyncoed Cyncoed Settlement ST1880
Cyntwell Cyntwell Settlement ST1275
East Moors East Moors Settlement ST2075
Yr Eglwys Newydd Whitchurch Settlement ST1479
Gabalfa Gabalfa Settlement ST1678
Glanyrafon Riverside Settlement ST1776
Grangetown Grangetown Trelluest[7]
Trefynach
Settlement ST1774
Gwaelod-y-garth Gwaelod-y-garth Gwaelod-y-Garth Settlement ST1183
Lecwydd Leckwith Settlement ST1574
Llandaf Llandaf Llandaff Settlement ST1577
Llanedern Llanedern Llanedeyrn Llanedeyrn Settlement ST2181
Llaneirwg St Mellons Settlement ST2381
Llanfihangel-ar-Elái Michaelston-super-Ely Settlement ST1176
Llanisien Llanishen Settlement ST1781
Llanrhymni Llanrumney Settlement ST2280
Llwynbedw Birchgrove Settlement ST1680
Llys-faen Lisvane Settlement ST1883
Y Maendy Maindy Settlement ST1778
Mynachdy Mynachdy Settlement ST1678
Y Mynydd Bychan Heath Settlement ST1779
Pant-mawr Pant-mawr Settlement ST1481
Parc Cathays Cathays Park Settlement ST1876
Parc Victoria Victoria Park Settlement ST1576
Parc y Rhath Roath Park Settlement ST1879
Pentre-poeth Morganstown Settlement ST1281
Pentwyn Pentwyn Settlement ST2081
Pentyrch Pentyrch Settlement ST1082
Pen-y-lan Pen-y-lan Penylan Settlement ST1978
Pontcanna Pontcanna Settlement ST1677
Pontprennau Pontprennau Settlement ST2082
Radur Radyr Settlement ST1280
Y Rhath Roath Settlement ST1977
Rhiwbeina Rhiwbina Rhiwbina Settlement ST1581
Rhydlafar Rhydlafar Settlement ST1179
Sain Ffagan St Fagans Settlement ST1277
Y Sblot Splott Settlement ST1976
Soar Soar Settlement ST0982
Tongwynlais Tongwynlais Settlement ST1382
Tredelerch Rumney Settlement ST2179
Treganna Canton Settlement ST1676
Trelái Ely Settlement ST1376
Tremorfa Tremorfa Settlement ST2177
Trowbridge Trowbridge Settlement ST2380
Y Tyllgoed Fairwater Settlement ST1377
Y Ddraenen Thornhill Settlement ST1584
Ystum Taf Llandaf North Llandaff North Settlement ST1578

References

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  1. ^ "Technical guidance". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ "Guidelines for Standardising Place-names in Wales" (PDF). Welsh Language Commissioner. 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ School, Dr Dylan Foster Evans Head of. "Definitive list of Welsh place names published". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. ^ "Welsh Language Commissioner unveils place name list". BBC News. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  5. ^ "Other resources: Place-names in Wales | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  6. ^ "Welsh Place Names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  7. ^ "What's in a name?". Cardiff University. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2024.