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A

AFON LLIEDI River Lliedi

AFON LLIW River Lliw

AFON LLWCHWR River Loughor

ALLT Hillside or Wood

ALLT Y GOF Hillside of the smith

ALLT Y GOG Hillside of the cuckoo

B

BACH Small, little

BEDD Grave

BEDD/BEDDROD Tomb or sepulchre

BEILI Yard or enclosure

BERLLAN Orchard

BERWICK HAMLET Probably ‘Aber-wick’, meaning ‘at the mouth (aber) of the river’

BIGYN Associated with Biggin Hill where an associate of Sir Thomas Stepney lived. Another explanation is a corruption of ‘beacon’. Bigyn Hill is high ground overlooking the Gower and would have been an ideal location to position a beacon.

BORTH Harbour or gateway

BOX Unknown

BRES John Innes gives a possible explanation ‘pres’ a crib (preseb is a crib or stall) but Collins’ Spurrell Pocket Welsh Dictionary explanation is ‘Pres’ – brass, bronze, copper, or money

BRYN Hill

BRYNAMLWG A hill with a clear view or a clearly seen hill.

BRYNAWELON Hill of breezes

BRYNCAERAU Hill of the forts

BRYNBACH Little hill

BRYNGLAS Green hill

BRYNGWYN White hill

BRYNGWYNBACH Little white hill

BRYNHELYG Hill of willows

BRYNHYFRYD Pleasant hill

BRYNMAWR Big hill

BRYNTEG Fair hill

BRYN Y GROES Hill of the cross

BRYN Y MOR Hill of the sea