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Offline Ayashi

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Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« on: Monday 10 November 08 15:25 GMT (UK) »
This is the marriage cert of Walter JONES to Elizabeth GRIFFITHS. It took place in Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire. The usual civil parish for the area is Llanfihangel Abercowin.

I can't read where their residences were... Was hoping someone might be able to help...




? Llanfihangel ? Llanwinio...
It looks like Cefnyshendre or something, but I can't find that on a modern map, will look on Google...

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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #1 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:27 GMT (UK) »
First one -Cefn Yr Hendre? Llanfihangel?

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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #2 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:34 GMT (UK) »
I couldn't find that as a town so I ran it through a welsh translator. Should have known better...

"Back He Drives great-grandfather"

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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #3 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:37 GMT (UK) »
we just crossed in the post - did you see that I have modified my original reply - found a parish map on Genuki ( Carmarthen).

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ESS: Howe French Cant Annis Noakes Turner Marshall Makerow Duck Spurden Harmony
SCT: Howe Shaw Raitt Milne Forsyth Birnie Crichton Duncan McBeath Daniel Hay Robertson Jaffrey Smith McDonald Alexander Craighead
NRY: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
WES; Dickenson Jackson Ewbank Waller
STS: White
SRY: Knight
DUR: Smith Littlefair
HAM: Williams Grose Lush Venson


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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #4 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:38 GMT (UK) »
 Hi  :)

Hendre means winter dwellling and Cefn  is usually  back, rear or ridge

So take your pick


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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #5 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:39 GMT (UK) »
So probably the house name then?

Thanks both

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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:41 GMT (UK) »
The second one - bottom line looks like Llanwinio. Not sure about the first bit though.

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NRY: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
WES; Dickenson Jackson Ewbank Waller
STS: White
SRY: Knight
DUR: Smith Littlefair
HAM: Williams Grose Lush Venson

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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #7 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:43 GMT (UK) »
The first bit of the second looks like  T'yn y  Nwnr . I'm not too confident of the Nwnr bit though - not heard of that as a Welsh word. First part is House in the
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Re: Can't read the handwriting yet again...
« Reply #8 on: Monday 10 November 08 15:46 GMT (UK) »
That's further than I got with that word, Gadget! Thanks :)

Definitely Llanwinio, thanks Jenjen :D