The name, Veddw.
Where to start? Well, it would be great to start at the begining – but who knows when and what that was? When was Veddw actually the presumed original, bedw?
Place name mysteries and surprises around Veddw
Devauden: ‘The original Welsh version was “Dyfawden”/”Defawden” with its root in Medieval Welsh “defawd”, Modern Welsh “defod” (custom, manner, fashion”) ….. The meaning seems to me likely to be something like “land held by custom” or “land held by customary tenure”.’
A Brief Piece of the History of Devauden
Accustomed to scanty fare, inured to poverty, suffering occasionally from cold and hunger, and exposed to peculiar temptations…..
Devauden – an Appealing Church
this is about preserving and honouring a very special history and remembering a rather particular man.
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