CEMLYN ap Meirion Goch o Lŷn.

CEMMAES, a church and parish in the deanery of Cyfeiliog, Powys. Cemmaes comes from cefn and maes.

Cemmes and Cemais.

Llan dwr yw a llanw di wres

It is wrote also

Llewyg aml drwy holl Gemmes.-Sion Mawddwy.

CEMMAES, a lordship and sea-port in Anglesey.

CEMAIS, one of the eight cantrefs of Dyfed. (Price's Descript.) Gwrwared ap Gwilym o Gemais.

CEMOYTH, King of the Picts. (Caradoc, A.D. 856, p. 29.) In Irish Cionaod. (Ogygia, p. 481.)

CENAF or CYNAU, verch Tewdwr Mawr.

CENARTH, a parish in Carmarthenshire.

CENAU ap Coel Godebog ap Tegfan ap Deheufraint ap Didbwyll ap...... ap Grudd ap Ruadel Frych ap Rydeyrn ap Endigaid ap Endeyrn ap Enid ap Endos ap Endolau ap Afallach ap Aflech ap Beli Mawr ap Manogan.

CENEDLON Verch Brychan.

CENHENFA, enw lle. [Cynhinfa, nom. loci, in Llangyniw parish. -W. D.]

CENIN, a river: hence Cwm Cenin in Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire.

CENNANT (fl.), Cardiganshire.

CENNEN, a river in Carmarthenshire.

Dwy wlad a Chedweli wenn

Dwy oes cwyned Is Cennen.

L. Morganwg, i H. Penri.

Cynnydd y Drefnewydd nenn

Cynnor gwŷr deutu Cennen.-Bedo Phylip Bach.

In Morden's Map Cunnon.

CENRIG (à cen and rig, rex.
CERDIESELMENT: see Elved.
CERDIN, a river.

See Baxter).

Ucha' cardod uwch Cerdin

Isa'r fost sy ar ei fin.

Ieuan Deulwyn, i Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn o Gastell Hywel.

[Cerdin, a rivulet in Llandyssul on the Teivy. Uwch Cerdin and

Is Cerdin, two divisions of the parish. It is in Cwmwd Gwinionydd.-W. D.]

CEREDIC ap Cunedda Wledig ap Edeyrn.

CEREDIGION, Ceretica, the county of Cardigan; from Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig, about the year 440 drove out, with his father, from North Britain by the Irish Scots.

CERETICA, Ceredigion.

CERI, a commot in Cantref Melienydd; now a village and church near Newtown, Montgomeryshire.

Hawdd imi 'ngwlad Geri gael.-Ieuan Tew.

CERIS, Keris. Hence Pwll Ceris, the name of a spot of foul ground, or whirlpool, in the Straits of Menai channel, very dangerous for shipping: such another place, in name and nature, as Charybdis in the Straits of Sicily. Nennius, the British historian, calls it Pull Kerist.

CERNYW, Cornwall, Corinnia. The country opposite to this was anciently called Cernyw or Cornouailles; and afterwards, by Cynan Meriadoc, Prydain Vechan, or Little Britain. See Vertot. CERNYW (LLAN), a parish and church in the deanery of Rhos, Denbighshire. Church dedicated to St. Digain. (Br. Willis.) CERNYWEG, lingua Corinnia.

CERRIG, stones, in the names of places. Hence the county of Kerry in Ireland; in Irish, Kierrig; and the Isle of Skerries, q. d. ys cerrig.

CERRIG Y DRUDION, or the Druids' Stones, a village in Denbighshire, North Wales.

CERRIG GWYDDYL ym Mon.

CERRIG HAVAEL.

CERRIG HYDWYDD. (E. Llwyd.)

CERRIG HYWEL, in Brecknockshire. Fairs kept here. Rectè Crug Howel.

CERRIG NIWBWL, certain stone in Cader Idris.

CERSITH ap Hydwn Dwn. Censith (D. MS.)

CERYN, the 47th King of Britain.

CESAIL GYFARCH, a gentleman's seat in Caernarvonshire. CESARYEIT, Cæsarians, i. e., Romans belonging to Cæsar, or (Tr. 40.)

the followers of Julius Cæsar.

CETTELL OF KETTEL. Here a battle was fought between Barchred King of Mercia and Mervyn Vrych, where Mervyn is said to have been slain. (Powel, Car., p. 27, A.D. 843.)

CETHIN. Ieuan Gethin ap Madog Cyffin.

CETHINEOC (Price's Descript.). See Cytheiniog.

CEUGANT PEILLIAWT or PEILLIAWC, un o'r tri aurgelein. (Tr.68). CEULAN, a valley near Tal y Bont in Cardiganshire. Here I was shown the grave of Taliesin, in an open field, encompassed with flat stones, but without any inscriptions in sight. L.M., 1745. CEUNANT (fl.): hence Aberceunant.

CEURWYS Amheurwy.

CEYNA (St.), a virgin, daughter of Brychan; her acts in Capgrave, Oct. 8; called in British Ceinvayre, or Keyna the Virgin, i. e., Ceinforwyn; turned serpents into stone of that shape. (Brit. Sanct.)

CHENIN, a valley in Anglesey, in the Cambridge copy of Nennius, where there was a wandering stone which always returned home by promise. Ciheinn, the same valley in the Cottonian copy of Nennius; Chchennius, the same valley in the Oxford copy of Nennius; Chieninn, the same valley in Sir Simon D'Ewes' copy of Nennius.

There is a deep valley and a river called Cefni (anciently Cevenni) in Anglesey, which is the place meant in Nennius, where this travelling stone was said to be. Some trick of the monks, no doubt. There is a church near that river called Llangefni.

CHEPSTOW, the Saxon name of Casgwent by Castell Gwent. [Casgwent is the same as Castell Gwent.-I. M.]

CHIRK, a parish, church, and castle, part of Powys Vadog, Denbighshire; in Welsh Y Waun, but called anciently Castell Crogen.

CIAN (Sant): hence Llangian. There was an Irish saint of the name of Kienan in the fifth century. (Flaherty, Ogygia, p. 409.) CIBDDAR (n. pr. v.). Drych eil Cibddar, un o'r tri lledrithawc. (Tr. 33.)

CIBWR (or Cibowr as in Price's Descript.), one of the commots of Cantref Brenhinol, Morganwg. [Cibwyr is between the rivers Taf and Eleirch, vel Rhymyn seu Rhympyn.—I. M.]

CIL, a recess or hermitage; an ancient Celtic word. Abundance of churches in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, are named from this word, as Cilkenin in Cardiganshire; Cilewm in Carmarthenshire; Cil y Sant; Cilwri in Cheshire; Cil Maenan; Cilgeraint. In Ireland, Kildare, Kilkenny, Kilfinan, Kilmallock, Kilarney, Kilaloe, Kilfenora, Kilworth; Kilrenny, Kilblain, Kilmoney, Kilmoir, etc., in Scotland.

CILBEBYLL, Glamorganshire.

CILCARN, Pembrokeshire.

CILCARW, Carmarthenshire.

CILCELFF. Cynan Cilcelff ap Tryffin Varfawg.

CILCEN, a gentleman's seat. (J. D.) Mostyn. A church (rectory and vicarage) in Flintshire. Dafydd person Cilken: qu. an id. Kilkenny in Ireland?

CILCENIN, in Cantref Penwedig, Ceretica.

KILCHERAN, a place in North Britain where Aeddan ap Gafran was buried A.D. 606. (Flaherty, Ogygia, p. 476.) He was born in Kyntir.

CILYCWM, Carmarthenshire.

CILFACH: see Y Gilfach.

CILFACH AFAL, a house in Cardiganshire.

CILFACH YR HAIDD, Glamorganshire: qu. Cil Fechan? CIL FARGEN or FARGAN, Caermarthenshire. Vid. Margan. CILGARAN (Camden in Pembrokeshire), corruptly for Cilgeraint. CILGERAINT, a village and castle in Dyfed, on the river Teivi, which Mr. Camden says was built by Giraldus of Windsor; but Powel (Caradoc, p. 169) says that Roger Montgomery begun a castle about A.D.......; and where Gilbert Strongbow, Earl of Strygill, built one A.D. 1109, the county of Caredigion being given him by Henry I to win and keep. This place is famous for nothing but salmon fishery. The name signifies the Retreat of Geraint, and is of great antiquity.

CILGERRAN see Cilgeraint.

CILGWRI, Worrall in Cheshire.

CIL HENDRE, a gentleman's seat. (J. D.)

CILMANLLWYD, Pembrokeshire.

CILMIN DROED-DDU (i. e., Cilmin with the black foot, one of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales) ap Cadrod ap Gwrydr ap

Elidir ap Sandde. He came with Mervyn Frych from North Britain about the year 840. He lived at Glyn Llivon in Uwch Gwirfai. He bore argent quartered; on the first quarter an eagle displayed with two heads sable; 2, three rugged sticks gules; 3 and 4, ditto, a man's leg couped sable in an eschutcheon argent. The tradition is, being a conjuror, and in going through hell, his foot slipt into a river there, which coloured it black. There was a king in Ireland in the year 516, called Niall Glinddu, i. e., Niall with the Black Knee.

CIL OWEN, a place in Flintshire, so called from Owen Gwynedd's retreat there in the war with Henry II, King of England, A.D. 1157. (Caradoc in O. Gwynedd.)

CIL RHEDYN, Carmarthenshire, a church and parish. Also a place in Pembrokeshire. See Rhedyn.

CILRHEDYNEN, a gentleman's seat in Englefield.

CIL RHIWA, in South Wales.

CIL RUADD, in Ireland, where St. Colman built a cell. (Ogygia, p. 413.) See Llangolman.

CIL Y SANT, a church in Llanwinio parish, in Derllys hundred, in Carmarthenshire. The retreat of the saint: qu.?

CILYDD (n. pr. v.).

CILLYN YNAD.

CINAST, enw lle.

Syr Roger o Cinast.

KINED (St.), probably Cwnadl; Llangwnadl. Kined was a hermit of the 6th century, honoured with the friendship of St. David. (Brit. Sanct., Aug. 1.)

CININ ap Llowarch Fychan.

CINMEL OF CYNMAEL, a place yn Sir Dinbych.

CIOG or CUAWC, a river which falls into Dyfi at Dolgiog in Montgomeryshire.

Yn Aber Cuauc yd canant cogeu.-Llywarch Hen.

Dolydd Kyog.-Llywarch Hen.

See Abercuawc.

KIRKINN, a battle where Dyfngarth (Domangard) ap Aeddan was slain A.D. 598. (Ogygia, p. 475.)

CLAERDDU, in Ceretica, a river which falls into the Wye. CLAERWEN, a river in Ceretica that falls into the Wye. CLAM HOCTOR, CLAMOCTOR (Gild. Cotton.), and OLAM OCTOR (Camden). This is a King of Ireland mentioned by Nennius,