Pentwyn Deintyr

Pentwyn Deintyr

Pentwyn Deintyr is a small Welsh community between Quakers Yard and Nelson, Caerphilly.The name Pentwyn Deintyr (top of the hill tenterhooks) is a link with the early woollen industry in the district.The name originates where 'tenterhooks' were used in the process of stretching the wool.

Trivia

World flyweight boxing champion Jimmy Wilde's birthplace (1892).


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jimmy Wilde — Infobox Boxer name = Jimmy Wilde realname = James Wilde nickname = Mighty Atom weight = Flyweight height = height|ft=5|in=2 reach = nationality= Flagicon|UK British| birth date = birth date|1892|5|12|df=y birth place = Pentwyn Deintyr death date …   Wikipedia

  • Quakers Yard — ( cy. Mynwent y Crynwyr) is a community in the Welsh county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.The early place name for the district was Rhyd y Grug or The Ford of the Rustling Waters . This ford was a simple and easy crossing place of the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”