Where is the following location: Ynysygerwyn, NR, Neath, Wales?
Ynysygerwyn, NR, Neath, Wales?
Jane Lawrence was buried at St. Mary's, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales on 7 August 1849.
This location was listed on the burial record as her residence.
What does "NR" mean?
Thank you.
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Have you checked the image?
The FindMyPast image has something like
Ynys y Genon
Near Neath
No idea whether the first line is a house, street, hamlet, etc. And I can't be sure of the "Genon" word. But the lower line is definitely "Near Neath", so at some point someone has abbreviated "Near".
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PS - the current version could be as you have it, though short of one letter:
Ynysygerwn
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No - the version that you had is right - the 6 inch OS maps have Ynys-y-gerwyn. (Which, to this Englishman, looks more correct than Ynysygerwn or even Ynys-y-gerwn!)
See https://maps.nls.uk/view/102182832 and go a little east along the River Neath from Aberdulais.
Mind you, I still don't think that the parish register looks much like 'gerwyn or 'gerwn, but maybe the clerk knew what he meant.
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I first typed the name as it appeared on 2006 CD for St. Mary's, Briton Ferry Burial.
At you suggestion, looked at original parish burial record,
I put BOTH in "Memories".
Ynis Y Genon?
I can't find standardized place name. First word seems to be Ynys or Ynis.
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"Genon" is just my best attempt at reading a series of squiggles. I'm not convinced that it's right - if you got Ynys y Gerwyn (however it's punctuated!) from an index produced by a Welsh FHS, I'd be inclined to go with that - English speakers mangled Welsh words something rotten at that time and the writing is not that legible either. I couldn't find anything anywhere close to my interpretation of the squiggles.
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