David Parsons from the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth discusses using data from Cymru1900 and GB1900 for place-name research. He presents examples of Welsh, Gaelic, and Old English etymologies for various place names in England, including scarth/sgarth from Old Norse, tarbert from Gaelic, cigfran from Welsh, quab/quob from Old English, and boggart/bwgan with connections to English and Welsh.

1. David Parsons
Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth
Deputy Director, Survey of English Place-Names
Using data from Cymru1900 and GB1900
for place-name research

2. English Place-Name Society,
The Place-Names of the
East Riding of Yorkshire and
York

3. ON skarthr 'opening, pass, gap'
scarth, sgarth

4. tarbat, tarbert
Gaelic tairbeart 'portage'

5. cigfran, gigfran
Welsh cigfran 'raven'

6. quab, quob
Old English *cwabba 'marsh, bog'

7. boggart, boggard, bwgan
English boggard, Welsh bwgan 'goblin, sprite'

8. bluestone
English bluestone. Cf. OED 'copper sulphate'.

9. hafod lluest
Welsh hafod 'summer dwelling' and lluest 'temporary dwelling, shieling'

10. OED sense 1 (obsolete):
Something in the shape
of a ring or circle;
a circular course or circuit.
English roundabout

11. Welsh aber 'estuary, river-mouth'

12. (ModE dialect gig-hole, a hole in which hemp and flax were
dried by fire)
flax