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Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Re: Daffryn Mawr?
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 09:15:32 EDT

Lloyd is quite right in pointing out that the words are Welsh. The correct
spelling is Dyffryn Mawr or Great Valley.

The northeastern township of Chester County (Willistown, Goshen, the
Pikelands, Schuylkill, and a few others that I've forgotten) comprised The
Great Valley (the west side of the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill being,
incidentally, Dutch) for hundreds of years.

Many place and street names throughout Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery
County are Welsh, as this area was known originally as the Welsh Barony and
was settled by Welsh Friends as early as 1682. Over the next 30-40 years
Welsh Baptists also settled in the area.

Mawr is Welsh for large or great. Dyffryn is valley, as in Tredyffryn
(literally, Valley Town). Bryn Mawr is big hill. There are many other
examples of Welsh place names.

Karen Greim Mullian


In a message dated 5/11/02 5:15:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


> You will find that Dyffryn Mawr (Welsh) is an area between Malvern and Paoli
> running south of Rt. 30.
>
> The Chester County Historical Society has old maps of this area. Covers
>

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