A cantref (/ˈkæntrɛv/ KAN-trev; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkantrɛ(v)]; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as cantred) was a medieval Welsh land division...
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Commote (redirect from Cantref Bychan)
theory, 100 trefi made up a cantref (literally, "one hundred settlements"; plural: cantrefi), and half or a third of a cantref was a cymwd, although in practice...
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The Cantref of Penfro was one of the seven cantrefi of the Kingdom of Dyfed. It subsequently became part of Deheubarth in around 950. It consisted of...
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Deheubarth at Dinefwr. Cantref Mawr means "The Great Cantref". Each cantref in medieval Wales was divided into cwmwdau, and a typical cantref would be made up...
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Cantref Coch (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkantrɛ(v) koːχ] transl. The Red Cantref) was an area associated with the ancient kingdoms of Ergyng, Gwent and the...
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Meirionnydd (category Cantrefs)
is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. It is currently an committee...
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Aberffraw was one of the three medieval cantrefs on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, in the Kingdom of Gwynedd as a cadet branch, named the House of...
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Rhosyr was the name of one of the three medieval cantrefs (meaning a hundred towns) on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, in the Kingdom of Gwynedd....
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Cantre'r Gwaelod (redirect from Cantref Gwaelod)
Cantre'r Gwaelod, also known as Cantref Gwaelod or Cantref y Gwaelod (Welsh for 'The Lowland Hundred'), is a legendary ancient sunken kingdom said to have...
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Cantref Reservoir is the middle of the three reservoirs in the Taff Fawr valley in Wales. It was built by Cardiff Corporation Waterworks between 1886...
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Arfon (or Arvon) was a mediaeval Welsh cantref in north-west Wales. It was the core of the kingdom of Gwynedd. Later it was included in the new county...
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December 1660) was a Welsh cleric and writer. Powell was born in about 1608 Cantref, Breconshire, Wales where his father (John Powell) was the rector from...
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Rhos (North Wales) (redirect from Cantref Rhôs)
Conwy in North Wales. It started as a minor kingdom then became a medieval cantref, and was usually part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (later the region became...
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Cemais (Anglesey) (redirect from Cemais (Anglesey cantref))
cantrefs on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, in the Kingdom of Gwynedd. It lay on the northern side of the island on the Irish Sea. The cantref consisted...
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Arllechwedd (redirect from Cantref Arllechwedd)
Arllechwedd was an ancient Welsh cantref in north-west Wales. It was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the...
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a new shire called Pembrokeshire after the Norman castle built in the Cantref of Penfro and under the rule of the Marcher Earl of Pembroke. In the year...
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administrative centre and one of the three county divisions (hundred, Welsh: cantref) of Anglesey. An early Gwynedd King, Cadfan ap Iago was buried at St. Cadwaladr's...
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satakunta or kihlakunta (Finnish), kihelkond (Estonian), kiligunda (Livonian), cantref (Welsh) and sotnia (Slavic). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties...
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Elfael (redirect from Cantref Elfael)
Welsh medieval cantref...
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Brecknockshire (section Cantref of Buellt)
Norman times. Buellt or Builth was a cantref in medieval Wales, located west of the River Wye. Unlike most cantrefs, it was not part of any of the major...
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Dunoding (redirect from Cantref Dunoding)
Dunoding was an early sub-kingdom within the Kingdom of Gwynedd in north-west Wales that existed between the 5th and 10th centuries. According to tradition...
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Llŷn was an ancient Welsh cantref in north-west Wales. It was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new...
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Penllyn (head of the lake i.e. Bala Lake or Llyn Tegid) was a medieval cantref originally in the Kingdom of Powys but annexed to the Kingdom of Gwynedd...
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and cemetery from the 9th century. From 1082, the island was part of the cantref of Dewisland under the control of the bishops of St David's. In the 12th...
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Mechain (redirect from Mechain (cantref))
Mechain was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys. This cantref has also been referred to as Y Fyrnwy (Vyrnwy). Mechain may owe its name to the River...
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Gwynedd proper was generally thought to comprise the cantrefs of Aberffraw, Cemais, and Cantref Rhosyr on Anglesey and Arllechwedd, Arfon, Dunoding, Dyffryn...
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Penweddig (redirect from Penweddig (cantref))
Penweddig was a medieval cantref – a Welsh land division – of the kingdom of Ceredigion and later of the kingdom of Deheubarth) which is now in the county...
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Kwmwd Kibwr (Ceibwr in contemporary Welsh) of the former Senghenydd cantref Cantref Breinyawl with the addition of Llandaff. It was formed from the parishes...
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Dyffryn Clwyd (redirect from Cantref Dyffryn Clwyd)
Dyffryn Clwyd was a cantref of Medieval Wales and from 1282 a marcher lordship. In 1536, it became part of the new county of Denbighshire. The name means...
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When Rhys was born in 1132, his father held only the commote of Caeo in Cantref Mawr. The death of King Henry I of England, and the ensuing Anarchy arising...
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