This map shows just a few of the Welsh place names around the world The story involves a Welshman who played a major role in extending the American Civil War and a Swansea businessman who built a ...

The OS said it received place names from local authorities ... these errors show that responsibility for the maps of Wales should be transferred to the Welsh government," she said.

Here's our most well-known Welsh place names, covering our amazing towns and ... The 1875 Ordnance Survey map of the area referred to the stream as 'Nant Orky', which translates as 'Gorky Brook'.

The plans for dividing up Wales' capital city have also changed in the Boundary Commission's latest plans for the political ...

The ancient Welsh patronymic ... towns on the Welsh borders. Names such as John, William, David and Hugh became Jones, Williams, Davis and Hughes. In north Wales, place names were frequently ...

Independence activists have owned up to the defacing of road signs in Welsh towns. Recently, a spate of English place names were covered with spray paint on bilingual signs. The vandals focused on ...