Leckwith
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Leckwith (Template:Lang-cy) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just outside Cardiff. It also the name of a part of the community of Canton in west Cardiff, based around the Leckwith development. Although the village and the area in Cardiff are now separated by the river Ely (which forms the boundary between the city and the Vale of Glamorgan), historically the parish of Leckwith included lands on both sides of the river. The area in and around the Leckwith development was formerly known as Leckwith Moors.
Etymology
The name Leckwith is an anglicisation of the Welsh Lecwydd, with the common replacement of Welsh <-dd> by English <-th> (as in Gruffudd>Griffith). Lecwydd probably derives from the personal name Helygwydd (possibly the name of a local holy man or Welsh saint). The change from <-g-> to <-w-> may be compared to that in the personal name Tecwyn (<Tegwyn).[1]
Since at least the nineteenth century Lecwydd (sometimes given as Llechwydd) has often been explained as a form of the common Welsh noun llechwedd (hillside, slope), which has been taken to refer to Leckwith Woods, which rise up steeply from the river Ely.[2] Linguistically, however, there is no relationship between Lecwydd and llechwedd, although the connection is still sometimes made.[3]
Landmarks
- The old stone triple-arched Leckwith Bridge crosses the River Ely to the west. It is Grade II* listed[4] and dates from before 1536.[5] 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
- ^ Gwynedd O. Pierce, The Place-names of Dinas Powys Hundred. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968 ISBN 0-7083-0338-2, pp. 49–52.
- ^ For example, Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, vol. 2 (London, 1840). See also Owen Jones, Cymru: Yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol a Bywgraphyddol (London: Blackie & Son, 1875), p. 188.
- ^ Cardiff Council, Ely Valley Cross Boundary Walks: Trelai Park to Leckwith Woods.
- ^ "Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in Canton Community), Canton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ Leckwith Old Bridge, Leckwith, Cardiff, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
External links
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