Re: CHAT: silly (Welsh place) names
| From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 23, 2001, 0:53 |
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Am 03/22 21:13 Raymond Brown yscrifef:
> So there you have it, and I won't be surprised to find that *there* there
> also exists a 12.25" gauge steam railway running 2.5 miles along the coast
> of Keredigia (or is Ceredigia?) to connect with a ferry across whatever the
> River Mawddach is called *there*; and that on this railway is an obscure
> little halt with a massive great long name ;)
>
The river seems to be called something like "Afon Moddrei", King Modd's
River. That's the best I've been about to find after a morning's
search. It may have been named for Moddrad, the Emperor's son.
- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
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