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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're still taking names. Get in touch asap!

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

REGISTRATION CLOSING DATE: **midday 25/9/26** WPNS's Annual Conference: CAWCS, Aberystwyth and online, Saturday, 3 October 2026. Conference for WPNS members only, but non-members can join to attend: www.cymdeithasenwaulleoedd.cymru/wp-content/u...

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you are a WPNS member and haven't received details of the annual conference sent out on 1 September (check your spam!) please contact us on enwaulleoedd@gmail.com

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

WPNS's Conference, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth & online, 3 October 2026. Registration closing date: midday 25-09-2026. Conference is for WPNS members only, but non-members are welcome to join Society to attend: www.cymdeithasenwaulleoedd.cymru/wp-content/u...

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you're visiting the Show this week, please note that the WPNS has an article, written by Richard Morgan, on the place-names of Breconshire, the feature county, in the Show Society's Journal for 2026.

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

WPNS Events at the National Eisteddfod Tuesday 4 August 2026, 11.30 Guided walk in Nevern led by Hedd Ladd Lewis forms.gle/9yBwPazbHbe3... Wednesday 5 August 2026, 14.30 Lecture by Hefin Wyn, ‘Ife Glog, Glogue neu Glôg (a mwy)’ (with simultaneous translation to English) Pabell y Cymdeithasau 2

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

WPNS Conference, 4-10-25, at CAWCS, Aberystwyth, and online. For WPNS members (no fee), but you may join the Society in order to attend: www.cymdeithasenwaulleoedd.cymru/wp-content/u... You MUST REGISTER by 26-9-25 to attend in person, or by 1-10-25 to join online

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

WPNS Conference, 4 October 2025, at Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth and online. For WPNS members only (with no fee), but non-members are welcome to join the Society in order to attend: www.cymdeithasenwaulleoedd.cymru/wpcontent/up... Everyone must register

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

TODAY! The Welsh Place-Name Society's lecture at the National Eisteddfod: Professor Hywel Wyn Owen will be discussing some place-names around the Eisteddfod (in Welsh with simultaneous translation to English). Wednesday, 6 August, 1.30pm, Cymdeithasau 2. Everyone welcome!

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The Welsh Place-Name Society's lecture at the National Eisteddfod: Professor Hywel Wyn Owen will be discussing some place-names around the Eisteddfod (in Welsh with simultaneous translation to English). Wednesday, 6 August, 1.30pm, Cymdeithasau 2. Everyone welcome!

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Welsh Place-Name Society's Lecture at the National Eisteddfod 2025 Wrexham In Welsh, with translation to English available

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

6 August 2025, 13:30 Cymdeithasau 2 at the National Eisteddfod, Wrecsam Hywel Wyn Owen Some place-names around the eisteddfod. A survey of a selection of place-names reflecting the area's history, environment, language, people and industry. In Welsh with simultaneous translation into English

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Dear @theguardian.com, please don't add an English 'translation' after a Welsh place name in a context like this. The mountain is called Carningli, it doesn't have an English name. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘This is sacred land’: an off-grid Wales community battles to keep their home

Legal action has begun to remove the tenants after the 80-acre site was sold to be turned into a healing retreat

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Some of the English names for Welsh cities are wildly different from the Welsh names and it’s sent me into a toponymy black hole on Google. This is Duolingo’s fault.

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Welsh Place-Name Society @placenames.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Welsh Place-Name Society has arrived on Bluesky #Wales

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