- Allt yr
Esgair is a hill in the
Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is
commonly referred to
locally as
simply 'The Allt'. The
Welsh name signifies...
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According to
early modern genealogist Lewys Dwnn,
Dafydd ap
Dafydd ap
Llywelyn was the
illegitimate son of
Dafydd ap Llywelyn,
Prince of
Wales and King...
- the
farmstead of '
Esgair Weddan'
which from the 14th
century until the mid 18th was the home of the
Price (ap Rhys)
family of
Esgair Weddan, patrilineal...
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Esgair Moel is a
woollen mill,
originally built in the
early 18th
century and now
reconstructed at St ****ans
National Museum of
History in Cardiff, Wales...
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Mynydd Esgairweddan is a hill near
Pennal in
southern Gwynedd,
Wales (grid
reference SH6702).
Nearby is the tiny
settlement of Esgairweddan. It is very...
- We Meet Again.
Welsh folk
singer Dafydd Iwan used the tune for his song "
Esgair Llyn", a
lament on the depo****tion of
rural Wales. He
first recorded it...
- and are to be
found further north and west
again forming such
summits as
Esgair Penygarreg,
Moelfryn and
Craig Dyfnant.
North and west of
Craig Goch Reservoir...
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settlements of Llansantffraed, Scethrog, Aber Village, and Pencelli. Allt yr
Esgair is a steep-sided hill to the
north east of Talybont, and has an Iron Age...
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etymology is
possible from
Brittonic wysg
meaning water or
river (or
possibly "
esgair meaning ridge) and ceat
meaning woods,
hence "Wooded River" or "Wooded Ridge"...
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Pandy Pant-y-Dwr
Partrishow Penegoes Pennant Penwyllt Penybont Pilleth Plas
Esgair Pont
Crugnant Pontdolgoch Pontrobert Sarn
Sennybridge Soar St
Harmon Staylittle...
