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"Tycarrig", Den. or "Rhydaven", Mer. in 1783. Were they farms or placenames?
« on: Monday 23 July 07 08:20 BST (UK) »
Hi, Everyone,
I've recently been supplied with details from The London Apprentice Abstracts, on British Origins.  There are two places mentioned in connection with farmer's sons who were apprenticed to a farrier:
"Tycarrig", Den (presumably Denbighshire) for a farmer called Robert Roberts; and "Rhydaven", Mer. (Merioneth?) for a farmer called Robert Godfrey.
Both of these entries are for 1783, and I was wondering whether they would have been names for the farms themselves or the nearest village or placename.  The other question is, do these two names exist today on the Ordnance Survey map?
Very many thanks,
keith 

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Re: "Tycarrig", Den. or "Rhydaven", Mer. in 1783. Were they farms or placenames
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 July 07 10:27 BST (UK) »
Tycarreg would likely have been a house name - ty (my keyboard won't do a circumflex above the letter) is house and carreg crag/rock. Guessing the other name is an anglicised version of Rhydafon - ford on the river, possibly a house name. Not on the Genuki list of Merionethshire place names.

 
Cornwall: Allen, Bevan, Bosisto, Carnpezzack, Donithorn, Huddy, James, Retallack, Russell, Vincent, Yeoman
Cards: Thomas (Llanbadarn Fawr)
Glam: Bowler, Cram, Galloway, James, Thomas, Watkins
Lincs: Coupland, Cram
Mon: Cram, Gwyn, John, Philpot, Smart, Watkins
Pembs: Edwards (St. Dogmael's)
Yorks: Airey, Bowler, Elliott, Hare, Hewitt, Kellett, Kemp, Stephenson, Tebb

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Re: "Tycarrig", Den. or "Rhydaven", Mer. in 1783. Were they farms or placenames
« Reply #2 on: Monday 23 July 07 10:46 BST (UK) »
Osprey,
Thanks very much for your input on this...
Looks like I'll have to try and get hold of some old maps of Merioneth and Denbighshire to see whether I can locate these farmsteads or houses.
Very best wishes,
keith
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