What does "ystym" mean in a burial entry

[SmithsofPill]

I'm transcribing some parish burial records from Llanpumpsaint and I keep coming across the word "ystym" as in
"Thamar the daughter of Evan Lewis in ystym ...William Morgan"
Does it mean something like ..of this village ? or is it a place name ?

[pinot]

It sounds as if you have several examples; could you quote more of them? 'Ystym' (ystum by now) means a bend or turn; it could refer to a bend in a river, and could be followed by the river's name to give a place-name.
                                     Pinot

[Morganllan]

Hello 

Pinot is correct in saying it's bend in a river (or lake). There are some useful placename derivations on this site:

http://www.someplacenamesinsouthwales.4t.com/index.html

[pinot]

Thanks for the very interesting link; dericj has worked hard to produce a useful site.
                   P. 

[SmithsofPill]

Thanks to all for the comments. I attach a picture of a section of the original records showing a couple of instances of ystym as it occurs.

[pinot]

Intriguing . . . I suspect it might be the name of a hamlet (abbreviated for the record) which may have disappeared to all intents and purposes by today; have you tried looking for it on census returns?
                       Pinot 

[osprey]

how about Ystumgwili? There's a reference on Genuki to Nebo Independent, Ystumgwili, Penyrheol but I'm not finding other info as yet.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llanpumsaint/#ChurchRecords

http://llanpumsaint.org.uk/village/nebo-chapel

[SmithsofPill]

Interesting - I've looked further into the records and found an ystym gwilly reference (attached) as well as refernces to Abergwilly, Glangwilly and Llangwilly.

Incidentally - some records say buried but others say "sepault." What's the difference?

[osprey]

Is the handwriting the same for these entries? Sepult is an abbreviated form of the Latin for buried.