Standard Welsh Place-names

Eglwys-bach

Standard form
Eglwys-bach
English form
Eglwys-bach
Type
Settlement
Postcode
LL28
Grid reference
SH8070
Local authority
Conwy

Notes

This is the form recommended in the national standard reference work, A Gazetteer of Welsh Place-Names (University of Wales Press, 1967). One should not deviate from its recommendations without good reason.

The hyphen is used in Welsh place-names to show that the stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable. The stress falls on the final syllable of this name and therefore the final syllable is preceded by a hyphen.

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