Hewelsfield place name (General)

by 10noyrum , Thursday, March 05, 2015, 22:58 (3544 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

The place Castell y Bwch, and variants, is indeed a remarkable discovery. It is, perhaps, a shining white peak of Welsh antiquity emerging through the more recent Anglo-Saxon mist. Other Welsh names are rare. Hewelsfield is derived from Hwl + felyn (the mill of Hwl). Mile End, in old written versions, is transcribed as Myllin from melyn (mill). Lydney Pill (Lyd= Fleet + pwll =small inlet from the sea); Newent: Newydd Gwent (new Gwent); Pillowell: water inlet of Howell. The use of Llan followed by a native Welsh Saint, such a delight in my neighbouring County of Gwent, and indicating a foundation in the 6th century "Age of Saints", can only be found at Lancaut (Llan Cewydd). St. Briavels is also dedicated to a Welsh Saint.