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Bryncaewannedd

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Brown Walled 1838 TA
  • Brown Wallet 1842 OS

Etymology

, Brown Walled 1838TA , Brown Wallet 1842 OS , named in Welsh ' thehill of the field of the moors ' or ' moor-fields hill ' , from bryn(n) and cae , with gweunydd , pl . of gwaun ' a moor, a hill-pasture ' , and in English ' brown wallet ' , v. brūn 1 , walet ' a wallet ' , presumably from the shape of a field here .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site