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Place names in Wales

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Places named after saints

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(All pages with titles beginning with Llan)

Welsh form English form (if different) County Saint, gloss, etc.
Llanaelhaearn Gwynedd Aelhaiarn
Llanafan Fawr Powys Afan ('Great St Afan's')
Llanafan Fechan Powys Afan ('Little St Afan's'; now often "Llanfechan")
Llanafan/Llanafan y Trawsgoed Ceredigion Afan ('St Afan's at Trawsgoed'; see church)
Llanallgo Anglesey Gallgo, a.k.a. Allgo [cy] (see church)
Llanarmon Gwynedd Garmon
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wrexham County Borough Garmon ('St Garmon's in the Ceiriog Valley')
Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr/Llanarmon Fach Powys Garmon ('St Garmon's on the great mountain'/'Little St Garmon's')
Llanarmon-yn-Iâl Denbighshire Garmon ('St Garmon's in Yale'; see church)
Llanarthne Llanarthney Carmarthenshire Arthne
Llanasa Flintshire Asaph
Llanbabo Anglesey Pabo Post Prydain (see church)
Llanbadarn Fawr Ceredigion Padarn ('Great St Padarn's'; see church)
Llanbadarn Fawr Powys Padarn ('Great St Padarn's')
Llanbadarn Fynydd Powys Padarn ('St Padarn's of the mountain')
Llanbadarn y Garreg Powys Padarn ('St Padarn's of the stone')
Llanbadog Fawr Llanbadoc Monmouthshire Madoc ('Great St Madoc's'; see church)
Llanbadrig Anglesey Patrick (see church)
Llanbedr Llanbeder Newport Peter
Llanbedr Gwynedd Peter
Llanbedr [[]] [cy] Powys (ex-Radnorshire) Peter
Llanbedr-ar-fynydd / Llanbad Peterston-super-Montem / Peterstone-super-Montem Rhondda Cynon Taf Peter ('St Peter's on a mountain')
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd Denbighshire Peter ('St Peter's in the Vale of Clwyd')
Llanbedr Felffre Lampeter Velfrey Pembrokeshire Peter ('St Peter's in Efelffre [cy]')
Llanbedr-goch Anglesey Peter ('Red St Peter's'; see church)
Llanbedrog Gwynedd Petroc
Llanbedr Pont Steffan Lampeter Ceredigion Peter ('St Peter's at Stephen's bridge')
Llanbedr-y-cennin Conwy County Borough Peter ('St Peter's of the leek/daffodil')
Llanbedr-y-fro Peterston-super-Ely Vale of Glamorgan Peter ('St Peter's in the vale [of Glamorgan]')
Llanbedr Ystrad Yw / Llanbedr Powys (ex-Brecknockshire) Peter ('St Peter's in the valley of the yew tree')
Llanberis Gwynedd Peris
Llanbeulan [cy] Anglesey Peulan (see church)
Llanbrynmair Powys Mary ('Church on Mary's hill')
Llandanwg Gwynedd Tanwg
Llandecwyn Gwynedd Tecwyn
Llandegfedd Llandegveth Monmouthshire Tegfedd [cy]
Llandyfaelog Carmarthenshire Tyfaelog or Maelog
Llandyfaelog Fach Powys Tyfaelog or Maelog ('Little St Tyfaelog's/Maelog's')
Llandyfaelog Tre'r-graig Powys Tyfaelog or Maelog ('St Tyfaelog's/Maelog's of the town of the rock')

Place names with religious connections other than a saint

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Other place names

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Place names in counties bordering Wales

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Of uncertain origin

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  1. ^ January-McCann, James; Roberts, Nicola (10 May 2022), May: The Month of Mary, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, retrieved 18 July 2023
  2. ^ "GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Sacred Places – Llandaff (Thlan daff) Cathedral". Britannia.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.