Also Shropshire where the most well known is Yr Amwythig, which is signed in Wales.
There are also villages in Shropshire with no English name. Trains display Welsh names, Manceinon and my favourite Yr Helped Wen. Phil (trigpoint) On 8 May 2025 10:38:51 BST, Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks Ben, i live just over the border in England so this will be very >useful. > >I looked at the link in the document > >list of standardised place names in England and Wales ><https://www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales/standardised-welsh-place-names-list> > > >However as far as I can see it only has places in Wales. I was looking for >Chester, which seems to be Caer in Welsh. I only know this because I see it >on the front of buses, but they often use abbreviations. > >Can you clarify the source of Welsh names for places in England. > >Chris >Allotmentcyclist > > > > >On Thu, 8 May 2025, 10:00 Ben Proctor, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Here in the Mapio Cymru project we've been working on a guide for mappers >> who might want to contribute Welsh names for features but aren't familiar >> with how the Welsh language is used. >> >> We've created a draft as a Google Doc >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9wY86JNzBwfB0ggSti8EeDlUv5szBrK/edit#heading=h.30j0zll >> and we are sharing it for comments. >> >> This is intended to supplement the guidance on the Wiki. The Wiki talks >> about how features should be tagged. This guide aims to help people work >> out what the Welsh-language name is in the first place. >> >> I'd love to hear any comments, questions or suggestions here on the >> mailing list or by leaving comments on the Google Doc. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Ben >> >> >> -- >> Ben Proctor | 07904 1234 98 | [email protected] >> freelance consultant working with public and nonprofit bodies >> find me on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/likeaword/>, BlueSky >> <https://bsky.app/profile/likeaword.bsky.social> and Mastodon >> <https://data-folks.masto.host/@likeaword> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>
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