Definition of Cantrefi. Meaning of Cantrefi. Synonyms of Cantrefi

- cantref (/ˈkæntrɛv/ KAN-trev; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkantrɛ(v)]; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as cantred) was a medieval Welsh land division...
- the York Diocese. In Wales an ancient Celtic system of division called cantrefi (a hundred farmsteads; singular cantref) had existed for centuries and...
- become a county, gaining the old cantrefi of Penllyn and Ardudwy (shown as Dunoding in the map of medieval cantrefi). The name for the county was anglicised...
- plural: cantrefi), and half or a third of a cantref was a cymwd, although in practice the actual numbers varied greatly. Together with the cantrefi, commotes...
- with the town of Carmarthen. Dyfed eventually comprised at least seven cantrefi: Cemais, Deugleddyf, Emlyn, Cantref Gwarthaf, Pebidiog, Penfro and Rhos...
- the Statute of Rhuddlan of 1284. Hitherto it had been divided into the cantrefi of Aberffraw, Rhosyr and Cemaes. During 1294 as a rebellion of the former...
- The subdivisions of Wales constitute a hierarchy of administrative divisions and non-administrative ceremonial areas. For the purposes of local government...
- Powys Fadog was broken up into a series of lordships based on the former cantrefi. Under the Statute of Rhuddlan these marcher lordships were merged with...
- administrative unit known as a cantref. Along with its three adjoining cantrefi, the area was known as Y Berfeddwlad or the "Middle Country" lying between...
- c.925. Following the end of the House of Dunod, it was split into the cantrefi of Eifionydd and Ardudwy and fully incorporated into Gwynedd. After the...