Illustrated guide to place names of Cardiff, by Peter Leech

This material is held atGlamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg

  • Reference
    • GB 214 D951/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 2013
  • Physical Description
    • 1 paper

Scope and Content

Mapped placenames in Cardiff showing their English and Welsh names along with their meanings based on a print of Buck's map of c1750. Surrounding the place names are illustrations of 'eighteenth century folk at work and play'. The etymology of place names is based on advice from Emeritus Professor Gwynedd O Pierce.