The name Wrexham itself may have its roots in Anglo-Saxon; essentially a form of Rick’s Meadow, but there are plenty of Welsh-language names that Eisteddfod Wrecsam can help put on the map!
Wrexham Council are promoting the Welsh-language names of the city in time for the Eisteddfod, which will see the launch of a campaign to add those names to our country’s maps with Mapio.Cymru .
Cyngor Wrecsam will be working with Welsh-language map specialists Mapio Cymru to support their efforts to have every Welsh place name on their maps.
Do you know a Welsh name from the Wrexham area that’s not on the map? Let them know…
This Friday, Mapio Cymru will be presenting a workshop on how to add Welsh-language names to the official online map of Wales near the Wrexham stall at the National Eisteddfod, 11am-1pm. Look out for Cyngor Wrecsam on the Eisteddfod map!
The Mapio Cymru team have produced a Welsh-language version of OpenStreetMap, openstreetmap.cymru . Sponsored by the Welsh Government #Cymraeg2050 initiative to have a million daily users of the Welsh language in Wales by 2050, their work is now included in Data Map Wales, the official online map of Wales.
For further information and for an interview, please get in touch: post@mapio.cymru