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A commote (Welsh cwmwd, sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd),Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales. [1]

77 relations: Anglesey, Anglo-Normans, Archenfield, Arllechwedd, Arwystli, Brycheiniog, Buellt, Caereinion, Cantref, Cantref Arfon, Cantref Gwarthaf (Dyfed), Cantref Llŷn, Cantref Mawr, Cantref of Penfro, Carucate, Cemais (Dyfed), Cemais Is Nyfer, Cemais Uwch Nyfer, Ceredigion, Cheshire, Cilgerran Hundred, Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England, Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Cynllaith, Deuddwr, Dewisland, Dindaethwy, Domesday Book, Dungleddy, Dyffryn Clwyd, Edeirnion, Elfael, Emlyn, England, Ewyas, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gloucestershire, Glywysing, Gorfynydd, Gwynllwg, Herefordshire, Hope, Flintshire, Hundred (county division), Ial, Kerry, Powys, Kibbor, Kingdom of Dyfed, Kingdom of Gwent, Kingdom of Gwynedd, Kingdom of Powys, ..., Llanerchydol, Maelienydd, Mechain, Middle Ages, Mochnant, Normans, Owain Glyndŵr, Penrhos, Herefordshire, Penweddig, Penychen, Powys Fadog, Powys Wenwynwyn, Red Book of Hergest, Rhos (North Wales), Rhufoniog, Roose Hundred, Secularity, Shropshire, Tegeingl, The Welsh History Review, Uwchaled Rural District, Wales, Welsh language, Welsh law, Ystlyg, Ystrad Marchell, Ystrad Tywi. Expand index (27 more) »

Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of.

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Anglo-Normans

The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Anglo-Saxons, Normans and French, following the Norman conquest.

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Archenfield

Archenfield (Old English: Ircingafeld) is the historic English name for an area of southern and western Herefordshire in England.

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Arllechwedd

The ancient Welsh cantref of Arllechwedd in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Llŷn under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

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Arwystli

Arwystli was a cantref in mid Wales in mediaeval times, located in the headland of the River Severn.

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Brycheiniog

Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages.

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Buellt

Buellt or Builth was a cantref in medieval Wales, located west of the River Wye.

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Caereinion

Caereinion (fort of Einion) was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys, or possibly it was a commote (cwmwd) within a cantref called Llŷs Wynaf.

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Cantref

A cantref (plural cantrefi) was a medieval Welsh land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law.

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Cantref Arfon

The mediaeval Welsh cantref of Arfon in north-west Wales was the core of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.

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Cantref Gwarthaf (Dyfed)

Location of the Cantref Gwarthaf Cantref Gwarthaf was the largest of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed.

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Cantref Llŷn

The ancient Welsh cantref of Llŷn in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Arllechwedd under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

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Cantref Mawr

Cantref Mawr was a cantref in south-west Wales.

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Cantref of Penfro

Location of the cantref of Penfro within ancient Dyfed The Cantref of Penfro was one of the seven cantrefi of the Kingdom of Dyfed.

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Carucate

The carucate or carrucate (carrūcāta or carūcāta)Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed.

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Cemais (Dyfed)

Ancient Dyfed showing the cantref of Cemais and its commotes Pembrokeshire showing the hundred of Cemais Cemais (sometimes spelled Kemes after one of the several variations found in Medieval orthography) was a cantref of Dyfed, and now part of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Cemais Is Nyfer

Location of the commote of Cemais Is Nyfer Cemais Is Nyfer was a commote in the Dyfed cantref of Cemais, Wales.

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Cemais Uwch Nyfer

Cemais Uwch Nyfer was a commote in the Dyfed cantref of Cemais.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a county in the Mid Wales area of Wales and previously was a minor kingdom.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Cilgerran Hundred

Pembrokeshire showing Cilgerran Hundred The Hundred of Cilgerran (often written "Kilgerran") was a hundred in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England

The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, sometimes referred to as the Edwardian Conquest of Wales,Examples of historians using the term include Professor J.E. Lloyd, regarded as the founder of the modern academic study of Welsh history, in his History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, first published in 1911, and Professor R.R. Davies, the leading modern scholar of the period, in his works including The Age of Conquest: Wales, 1063–1415, published 2000.

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Creuddyn, Ceredigion

Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn viewed from the north. Creuddyn was a medieval commote (Welsh: cwmwd) and, later, a lordship in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Cynllaith

Cynllaith or Cynllaeth (Early Milk) was a cwmwd (commote) of north east Wales in the cantref of Swydd y Waun which was once part of the Kingdom of Powys and later part of the smaller kingdom of Powys Fadog.

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Deuddwr

Deuddwr (Confluence, literally: two waters) was a medieval commote (cwmwd) in the cantref of Ystlyg in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Dewisland

The cantref of Pebidiog in ancient Dyfed The Hundred of Dewisland (often written "Dewsland") was a hundred in the north west of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Dindaethwy

Dindaethwy was in medieval times one of two commotes of the cantref of Rhosyr, in the south-east of the Isle of Anglesey.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Dungleddy

Dyfed showing Deugleddyf Cantref and its "commotes" Pembrokeshire showing Dungleddy Hundred The Hundred of Dungleddy was a hundred in the centre of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Dyffryn Clwyd

Dyffryn Clwyd was a cantref of Medieval Wales and from 1282 a marcher lordship.

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Edeirnion

Edeirnion or Edeyrnion is an area of the county of Denbighshire and an ancient commote of medieval Wales in the cantref of Penllyn.

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Elfael

Elfael was one of a number of Welsh cantrefi occupying the region between the River Wye and river Severn, known as Rhwng Gwy a Hafren, in the early Middle Ages.

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Emlyn

Emlyn was one of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed, an ancient district of Wales.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ewyas

Ewyas (Ewias) was a possible early Welsh kingdom which may have been formed around the time of the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century.

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Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru

Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (The University of Wales Dictionary) is the standard historical dictionary of the Welsh language, aspiring to be "comparable in method and scope to the Oxford English Dictionary".

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Glywysing

Glywysing was, from the sub-Roman period to the Early Middle Ages, a petty kingdom in south-east Wales.

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Gorfynydd

Gorfynydd was a cantref in Morgannwg, Wales lying between the rivers Thaw (Ddawan) and Neath (Nedd) (and somewhat further in the coastal area).

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Gwynllwg

Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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Hope, Flintshire

Hope (Yr Hob) is a small village in Flintshire, north-east Wales.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Ial

Ial or Yale (Iâl) was a commote of medieval Wales within the cantref of Maelor in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Kerry, Powys

Kerry (Ceri) is a village and geographically large community in Powys, Wales.

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Kibbor

Kibbor is one of the hundreds of Glamorgan created by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 corresponding approximately to the commote of Kwmwd Kibwr (Ceibwr in contemporary Welsh) of the former Senghenydd cantref Cantref Breinyawl with the addition of Llandaff.

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Kingdom of Dyfed

The Kingdom of Dyfed is one of several Welsh petty kingdoms that emerged in 5th-century sub-Roman Britain in southwest Wales based on the former territory of the Demetae (modern Welsh Dyfed).

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Kingdom of Gwent

Gwent (Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk.

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Kingdom of Gwynedd

The Principality or Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: Venedotia or Norwallia; Middle Welsh: Guynet) was one of several successor states to the Roman Empire that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

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Kingdom of Powys

The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.

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Llanerchydol

Llanerchydol is a settlement on the A458 about 2 km west of the centre of Welshpool in the county of Powys in Wales.

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Maelienydd

Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme to Radnor Forest and the area around Llandrindod Wells.

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Mechain

Mechain was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Mochnant

Mochnant (Promontory) was a medieval cantref or commote (cwmwd) (sources disagree) in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Owain Glyndŵr

Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) but to many, viewed as an unofficial king.

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Penrhos, Herefordshire

Penrhos is an area or hamlet at the top of the hill east of Kington, Herefordshire near the Welsh border.

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Penweddig

Penweddig was a medieval cantref – a Welsh land division – of the kingdom of Ceredigion and later of the kingdom of Deheubarth) which is now in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The community secondary school Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig is named after the cantref.

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Penychen

Penychen was a possible minor kingdom of early medieval Wales and later a cantref of the Kingdom of Morgannwg.

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Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys, which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160.

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Powys Wenwynwyn

Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high middle ages.

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Red Book of Hergest

The Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest, Jesus College, Oxford, MS 111) is a large vellum manuscript written shortly after 1382, which ranks as one of the most important medieval manuscripts written in the Welsh language.

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Rhos (North Wales)

Rhos means 'moor' or 'moorland' in Welsh.

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Rhufoniog

Rhufoniog was a small sub-kingdom of the Dark Ages Gwynedd, and later a cantref in medieval Wales.

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Roose Hundred

The Hundred of Roose (sometimes called Rowse) was a hundred in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Secularity

Secularity (adjective form secular, from Latin saeculum meaning "worldly", "of a generation", "temporal", or a span of about 100 years) is the state of being separate from religion, or of not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Tegeingl

Tegeingl, in English Englefield, was a cantref in north-east Wales during the medieval period.

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The Welsh History Review

The Welsh History Review (Welsh: Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of Wales.

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Uwchaled Rural District

Uwchaled (from Uwch Aled) was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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Welsh law

Welsh law is the primary and secondary legislation generated by the National Assembly for Wales, according to devolved authority granted in the Government of Wales Act 2006.

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Ystlyg

Ystlyg (page or open country) was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Ystrad Marchell

Ystrad Marchell sometimes Strad Marchell (Vale of Marchell) was a medieval commote (cwmwd) in the cantref of Ystlyg in the Kingdom of Powys.

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Ystrad Tywi

Ystrad Tywi (English: Vale of Tywi) is an area of south-west Wales situated on the banks of the Tywi river as it approaches the sea to join the Bristol Channel at Carmarthen.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commote

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