Barry

Barry, Angus
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Baruc

In Wales, said to be named after Saint Baruc, who was buried on Barry Island, from Welsh Barrwg, a name of uncertain origin but possibly related to Irish barr (“hill, summit”).

A coastal town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1167).

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English


Wrexham

From Old English personal name Wryhtel + 's + Old English hamm (“water meadow”).

A town in Wrexham borough county borough, in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom.


Llangollen

A small town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2141).


Llandovery

From Welsh Llanymddyfri (literally “church near the waters”).

bor

A market town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN7634).


Cardigan

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)

A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846).


Flint

A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales, by the estuary of the River Dee (OS grid ref SJ2472).


Neath

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7597).


Llanelli

A coastal town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5000).


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new transport hub)

A town and community in north Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SN0539).


Brecon

From Welsh Brychan, name of a legendary king of Brycheiniog.

Brecon or Aberhonddu, a typical Welsh town of 5,350 inhabitants, stands in a grand amphitheatre of hills and mountains at the confluence of the rivers Usk, Honddu, and Tarell.

1939 September, A. F. N. Barnsdale, “The Neath & Brecon Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0428).


Monmouth

From Monnow + mouth, Monnow coming from Welsh Mynwy.

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5012).


Blackwood

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1797).


Pembroke

Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

der

A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).


Merthyr Tydfil

/ˌmɜːθə ˈtɪdvɪl/

A large town in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0506).


Caerphilly

From Welsh Caerffili (literally “Ffili’s fort”).

A town in Caerphilly borough county borough, in the old county of Glamorgan, South Wales.


Aberystwyth

/ˌæb.əˈɹɪst.wɪθ/

From the Welsh aber (“mouth”) + Ystwyth (“Ystwyth”).

A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881).


Montgomery

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).


Conwy

A town and community in Conwy borough county borough, North Wales; formerly Conway (OS grid ref SH7777).


Holyhead

A town and community with a town council on Holy Island, in the county of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2482).


Buckley

en-proper noun

Buckley (countable and uncountable, plural Buckleys)

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2864).


Bethesda

From Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).

der

בֵּית חַסְדָּא

A town and community in Gwynedd, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6266).


Abergavenny

From Welsh aber + Gavenny; the mouth of the River Gavenny, which here flows into the river Usk.

A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO2914).


Cwmbran

A new town in Torfaen borough county borough, Monmouthshire, Wales.


Newtown

Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn#English

A town in Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn community, Powys (OS grid ref SO1191).


Bridgend

A town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9080).


Queensferry

From queen + -s- + ferry
* In Flintshire, named in honour of Queen Victoria; previously Kingsferry.
* In Scotland, named after the Queen of Scots, Saint Margaret of Scotland.

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3168).


Presteigne

From Old English prēost + hem-mǣd (“priest's border meadow”), recorded as Prestehemed in 1137.

A town and community in Powys, Wales (and formerly the county town of the ancient county of Radnorshire), situated on the south bank of the River Lugg, on the border with England. The community is served by Presteigne and Norton Town Council (OS grid ref SO3164).

Llanandras

town in Powys on the border with England


Bala

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).


Welshpool

From Welsh + Pool; it was originally known as Pool, but the name was changed in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole.

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2207).


Llandeilo

Llandilo (alternative Anglicised obsolete)

A small town in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6322).


Hay

Ellipsis of Hay-on-Wye: a small town in Hay community, Powys, Wales, on the England-Wales border.


Knighton

en-proper noun

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

A town and community in Powys, Wales, on the border with England; its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2872).


Chepstow

From Old English ċīepa (“merchant, tradesman”) + stōw (“place”), to denote a marketplace or trading center.

inh

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).


Newbridge

A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough (OS grid ref ST2096).


Mon.

Abbreviation of Monmouth: a market town and community of Monmouthshire, Wales.


Neyland

en-proper noun

Neyland (countable and uncountable, plural Neylands)

A small coastal town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9605).


Newcastle Emlyn

A town and community with a town council on the River Teifi on the border of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in Wales; the community is entirely within Carmarthenshire (OS grid ref SN3040).


Pontypool

From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.

A town in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2900).


Usk

From Middle Welsh Wÿsk (modern Welsh Wysg), from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Axe.

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on this river (OS grid ref SO3700).


Loughor

A town lying on the estuary of the river Loughor, in Llwchwr community, city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5798).


Cowbridge

Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Cowbridge with Llanblethian#English

A market town in Cowbridge with Llanblethian community, Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9974).


Caernarfon

/kɑɹˈnɑɹvən/

Borrowed from Welsh Caernarfon; former Anglicised spellings were Carnarvon and Caernarvon.

A port town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales, the location of a castle and a high proportion of Welsh speakers (OS grid ref SH4862).


Denbigh

From Welsh Dinbych, a univerbation of din (“fort”) + bych, a variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Tenby.

A market town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0566).


Porthmadog

A small coastal town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5638)


Rhymney

A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SO1107).


Maesteg

A town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales, previously in Mid Glamorgan (OS grid ref SS8591).


Ebbw Vale

A town in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1609).


Aberdare

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A town in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SO0002).


Barmouth

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6115).


Port Talbot

A town and community (without a council) in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7689).


Tywyn

A coastal town and community with a town council in southern Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5800).


Amlwch

From Welsh, am (“at, near”) + lwch (“water”).

A town and community with a town council in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4493).


Carmarthen

Inherited from Middle English Keyrmerthyn, Kairmerthen, from an earlier form of Welsh Caerfyrddin.

inh+

A town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).


Llandudno

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7882).


Blaenau Ffestiniog

A historic mining town in Ffestiniog community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH7045).


Corwen

A small town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0743).


Chirk

A small town and community with a town council in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).


Briton Ferry

A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7394).


Fishguard

Fishguard and Goodwick
Fishguard and Goodwick#English

A coastal town in Fishguard and Goodwick community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9537).


Colwyn Bay

A coastal town and community (served by Bay of Colwyn Town Council) in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH8678).


Rhyl

A coastal town and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0181).


Saltney

A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales, known as Saltney Town (OS grid ref SJ3864).


Whitland

A small town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2016).


Bargoed

A town and community with a town council in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1499).


Holywell

From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well.

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).


Pwllheli

A market town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH3735).


Machynlleth

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SH7400).


Pembroke Dock

A harbour town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9603)


Llanidloes

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN9584).


Llandrindod Wells

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0561).


Pontarddulais

From Welsh Pontarddulais; traditionally spelt Pontardulais.

A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SN5903).


Milford Haven

A natural harbour, harbour town, and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9005).


Penarth

/pɛˈnɑː(ɹ)θ/

From Welsh Penarth, from pennarth (“promontory”).

A town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1871).


Pontardawe

A town in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN7204).


Harlech

A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).


Penrhyndeudraeth

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6138).


Criccieth

A small coastal town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4937/5038).


Ystrad Mynach

From Welsh ystrad (“wide valley, strath”) + mynach (“monk”).

A town in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1494).


Pontypridd

A town and community with a town council in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0790).


Burry Port

Pembrey and Burry Port Town
Pembrey and Burry Port Town#English

A small coastal town in Pembrey and Burry Port Town community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4400).


Porthcawl

A coastal town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8176).


Goodwick

A small coastal town in Fishguard and Goodwick community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9438).


Aberaeron

From Welsh aber + Aeron, the mouth of the River Aeron.

Former spelling: Aberayron.

A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4562).


Llanrwst

A small market town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH8062).


Mountain Ash

A town in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0499).


Menai Bridge

Named after the Menai Suspension Bridge.

A town and community with a town council on the Menai Strait in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH5572).

Menai Bridge railway station
Menai Suspension Bridge


Tenby

From Welsh din ("fort") + bych, variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Denbigh.

A coastal town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1300).


Haverfordwest

A town and community in and the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9515).


Porth

From Cornish and Welsh porth (“gateway”).

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0291).


Ponty

Clipping of Pontypridd: a town and community with a town council in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0790).


Senghenydd

A town in Aber Valley community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1190).


Towyn

A coastal town in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH9779).


Ferndale

A small town and community (without a council) in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9996).


St Clears

A small town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2816).


Llantrisant

A traveller from Pontypridd to Llantrisant, not knowing the ropes, would naturally travel to the station of that name, only to find himself at Pont-y-Clun, two miles distant, and probably would not be at all soothed to discover that, had he alighted at the previous station (known as Cross Inn), he would have been within half a mile of his objective. [the station at Pontyclun was named Llantrisant before it closed, it later reopened as Pontyclun]

1951 March, M. D. Greville, “The Nomenclature of Railway Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 194:

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0483).


Connah's Quay

A town and community with a town council, the largest town in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2969).


Kidwelly

A town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4006).


Risca

A town in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2490).


Tredegar

A town and community with a town council in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1409).


Shotton

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3068).


Abertillery

A town in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2104).


Caerleon

Possibly from Welsh Caerllion, possibly from caer (fort) + legeion (legion)

A town and community in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3390).


Beaumaris

A small town and community with a town council, the former county town of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH6076).


Llantwit Major

A coastal town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9768).


Brynmawr

A market town and community with a town council in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1911).


Dolgellau

From Welsh, previously spelt as Dolgelley or Dolgelly.

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales, historically the county town of Merionethshire (OS grid ref SH7317).


Hay-on-Wye

A small town in Hay community, Powys, Wales, on the border with Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2242).


Deganwy

A small coastal town in Conwy community, Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7779).


Prestatyn

From Welsh Prestatyn. Doublet of Preston.

Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn
Come To Sunny Prestatyn / Laughed the girl on the poster, / Kneeling up on the sand / In tautened white satin.

A coastal town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0682).


Abergele

/ˌæbə(ɹ)ˈɡɛli/

A small market town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH9477).


Crumlin

From Welsh Crymlyn, from cromlech, whose first element is related to that of above.

A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2198).


Ruthin

A town and community in and the county town of Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1258).


Blaenavon

A town and community with a town council in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2508).


Mold

A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).


Caerwys

A small town in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1272).


Gorseinon

A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5898).


Llanwrtyd Wells

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN8746).


Ystradgynlais

A town and community with a town council in south-west Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN7810).


Builth Wells

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0451).


Llanfyllin

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales; historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ1419).


Bagillt

A small town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2275).


Caldicot

From Old English cald + cot; compare with Caldecote.

A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4888).


Llanfairfechan

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6875).


Pencoed

A town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9581).


Penmaenmawr

From Welsh. Penmaen Mawr is a mountain near the town.

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7176).


Narberth

A small town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1014).


Lampeter

A small town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5748).


Tregaron

A small town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6759).


Llanfair Caereinion

From Welsh, translating as St Mary's Church (Llanfair) by the fort (caer) of Einion.

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1006).


Llandysul

A small town and community in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4140).


Llangefni

The county town and community with a town council in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4575).


Talgarth

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO1534).


Blaina

Nantyglo and Blaina
Nantyglo and Blaina#English

A small town in Nantyglo and Blaina community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2007).


Nantyglo

A town in Nantyglo and Blaina community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1910).


Crickhowell

A town and community with a town council in south-east Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO2118).


Rhayader

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, historically in Radnorshire (OS grid ref SN9768).


Treorchy

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9596).


Rhuddlan

A town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0278).


Tonypandy

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9992).


Glynneath

From Welsh glyn + Neath, the River Neath.

A small town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8806).


Treharris

A small town and community in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0997).


Aberbargoed

A town in Bargoed community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1500).


Abersychan

A town and community in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2603).


Ammanford

From Amman + ford, a calque of Welsh Rhydaman.

A town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6212).


Nefyn

A small coastal town and community with a town council on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH3040).


New Quay

A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN3860).


Laugharne

Laugharne Township
Laugharne Township#English

A small coastal town in Laugharne Township community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN3010).


Bedwas

Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen#English

A town in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1789).


Talbot Green

A town in Llantrisant community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0482).