Thank you very much indeed, Pat, for the additional information on the Llanmarchan near Carningli discovered by John and Sylvia. A Google search for Llanvechan revealed one in Ceredigion (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/Sheriffs.html), one in Clwyd, Powys (http://www.chapelbooks.co.uk/html/montgomery.htm), and one in Merioneth (http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/prisoners1808.html). However, whilst I can accept that "Llanmarchan" might have been spelled "Llanvechan" in the 1583 rental, the name Llanvechan itself seems to be straying rather far from Marchan, so perhaps the three Llanvechans just mentioned are something of a red herring. Nevertheless, the spelling "Nantmarchan" in Nicholas fitz Martin's charter (which I found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/Newport.html) seems a reasonable confirmation of an original connection with Marchan (saint or river). Once again, many thanks, and a happy St. David's Day (or evening) to everyone. Best regards, Jean Kelly PS If anyone finds any other Llanmarchans/Llanfarchans/Nantfarchans/Cefnfarchans lurking in the landscape, please let me know!

Red herrings or not, good to see my Genuki extracts providing two out of four hits ! :-) Gareth List administrator for DYFED, CGN & PEM Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Kelly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [WLS-PEM] Llanfarchan > Thank you very much indeed, Pat, for the additional information on the > Llanmarchan near Carningli discovered by John and Sylvia. > > A Google search for Llanvechan revealed one in Ceredigion > (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/Sheriffs.html), one in Clwyd, Powys > (http://www.chapelbooks.co.uk/html/montgomery.htm), and one in Merioneth > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~engchs/prisoners1808.html). However, whilst I can > accept that "Llanmarchan" might have been spelled "Llanvechan" in the 1583 > rental, the name Llanvechan itself seems to be straying rather far from > Marchan, so perhaps the three Llanvechans just mentioned are something of a > red herring. Nevertheless, the spelling "Nantmarchan" in Nicholas fitz > Martin's charter (which I found at > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/Newport.html) seems a reasonable > confirmation of an original connection with Marchan (saint or river). > > Once again, many thanks, and a happy St. David's Day (or evening) to > everyone. > > Best regards, > > Jean Kelly > > PS If anyone finds any other > Llanmarchans/Llanfarchans/Nantfarchans/Cefnfarchans lurking in the > landscape, please let me know! > > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > National Library of Wales > http://www.llgc.org.uk/ > >