List of Historic Place Names home page
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.
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To search for a specific place name use the Search box at the top of this page.
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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.