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'''Leckwith''' ({{lang-cy|Lecwydd}}) is a small village just outside Cardiff. Parts of West Cardiff and sometimes called Leckwith, maybe because Leckwith Moors once occupied the area around Hadfield Road and Asda.
'''Leckwith''' ({{lang-cy|Lecwydd}}) is a small village just outside Cardiff. Parts of West Cardiff and sometimes called Leckwith, maybe because Leckwith Moors once occupied the area around Hadfield Road and Asda.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==
* The old stone triple-arched [[Old Leckwith Bridge]] crosses the [[River Ely]] to the west. It is Grade II* [[Listed buildings|listed]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in Canton Community), Canton|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-26487-old-leckwith-bridge-partly-in-canton-comm|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref> and dates from before 1536.<ref>[http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/24126/details/LECKWITH+OLD+BRIDGE%2C+LECKWITH%2C+CARDIFF/ Leckwith Old Bridge, Leckwith, Cardiff], Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2013.</ref>. The historic church of St. James, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, like several others around Cardiff was abandoned and fell into ruin in the second half of the twentieth century.
* The old stone triple-arched [[Old Leckwith Bridge]] crosses the [[River Ely]] to the west. It is Grade II* [[Listed buildings|listed]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in Canton Community), Canton|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-26487-old-leckwith-bridge-partly-in-canton-comm|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref> and dates from before 1536.<ref>[http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/24126/details/LECKWITH+OLD+BRIDGE%2C+LECKWITH%2C+CARDIFF/ Leckwith Old Bridge, Leckwith, Cardiff], Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2013.</ref> The historic church of St. James, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, like several others around Cardiff was abandoned and fell into ruin in the second half of the twentieth century.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Districts of Cardiff]]
[[Category:Districts of Cardiff]]



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Revision as of 22:12, 7 November 2013

Leckwith (Template:Lang-cy) is a small village just outside Cardiff. Parts of West Cardiff and sometimes called Leckwith, maybe because Leckwith Moors once occupied the area around Hadfield Road and Asda.

Etymology

The name Leckwith probably derives from the personal name Helygwydd (possibly the name of a saint).[1]

Landmarks

  • The old stone triple-arched Old Leckwith Bridge crosses the River Ely to the west. It is Grade II* listed[2] and dates from before 1536.[3] The historic church of St. James, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, like several others around Cardiff was abandoned and fell into ruin in the second half of the twentieth century.

References

  1. ^ Gwynedd O. Pierce, The Place-names of Dinas Powys Hundred. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968 ISBN 0-7083-0338-2, pp. 49–52.
  2. ^ "Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in Canton Community), Canton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ Leckwith Old Bridge, Leckwith, Cardiff, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

51°28′19″N 3°12′33″W / 51.4720°N 3.2093°W / 51.4720; -3.2093