{"id":411,"date":"2025-08-05T22:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapio.cymru\/?p=411"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:40:56","slug":"pwy-oedd-wrex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapio.cymru\/en\/2025\/08\/pwy-oedd-wrex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Welsh placenames of Wrexham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The name Wrexham itself may have its roots in Anglo-Saxon; essentially a form of Rick\u2019s Meadow, but there are plenty of Welsh-language names that Eisteddfod Wrecsam can help put on the map!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s maps with <a href=\"https:\/\/mapio.cymru\">Mapio.Cymru<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know a Welsh name from the Wrexham area that&#8217;s not on the map? 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