The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-09-11
Pennsylvania Towns and
Streams Indicate Origin.
Welsh Colony Left Its Impress Upon
Territory Near Philadelphia
Along the Delaware River
Upper and Lower Dublin.

Philadelphia.-Few states have such
peculiar names as Pennsylvania. and
the vicinity of this city contributes a
complement of them. besides telling as
correctly as history itself Of the ma
tionality of early settlers and the
places whence they came.
These. in many instances, show the
philology of the language to which
they belong; others have been trans
planted from beyond the seas, and
some, such as those of Indian origin.
designate the topography of the To-
calities they name.
Early Welsh settlers left their i'm
press on territory contiguous to Phila-
delphia by naming their settlements
after towns, hills and valleys In their
native Gwalia. Bryn Mawr, Is one OF
tho places they named. Bryn means
hill and Mawr is great or big. and
Pencoyd is the Welsh for head of the
woods. Pen means head and coyd Is
wooda
Bala, across the Schuylkill from
Manayunk, in the Welsh is town. 1t
was named after the birthplace of the
late George B. Roberts, one time presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company. Bala is also the Gaelic OF
town, and is one of the evidences Of
the similarity between the tongues.
Giadwyne, which was included in the
old Welsh tract on the west side OF
the Schuylkill, means white or clean
section. while Bethryn means broad or
open place, and Uchlyn is the upper
lake. Uch is upper and lynn is lake.
Some say that Upper Dublin and
Lower Dublin, both suburban places
were not named by Irish settlers but
by Welsh colonists, and tho reason
claimed for this is that the name Dub
Jim is Welsh as we'll as Irish. The
welsh for Dublin Is dark pool or pwll
Du. while the Irish for Dublin is
Dubh Lin, or black pool. Dubh Lin
was originally that part of the River
Liffey on which the city of Dublin now
stands. Our Dublin may be Irish. but,
aike the Welsh names, 1t was trans
planted and has no bearing whatever
upon the topography of the northern
tier OF this city.
There are North Wales and Gwy-
nedd, on the North Penn branch OF the
Philadelphia & Reading railway. They
are on a tract of land bought by
James Penn" and transferred to the
Welsh colony, which named 1t Gwy-
nedd The land was divided later and
each of the TWO sets of colonists want
ed the name Gwynedd retained. but
both wanted 1t for their respective
section. There was a compromise OF
the northern part being named Nortl
Wales and the lower part was permit
ted TO be Gwynedd. which means whit
land, or northland, in old Welsh. II
live in Wales was an aspiration o
these sturdy coionists.
In the same territory as Upper put
lin is the hamlet Of Kincora. Kin
the Gaelic or old Celtic for head an
cora Is sweet scented. There is moth
ing In the locality which calls for sue
a cognomen; no knobs, hills OF flower
or ferns scent 1t at any period OF tn
year.
CornweI is from the old Celtic nam
corn wall, which means horned cliff
such as are on the coast OF Cornwall
and from where 1t got It's name In III
early ages Of the British Isles,
Tullytown Is half Celtic also. bu
when you reach Tacony aud hear III
conductor shout "Taok-oo-nee." the
you should know. be 10 giving you
eouch OF the upaian dialect OF I'll
iIDeiawares tribe. The Deiawares al
credited with doing the christening
their tongue after a swamp near Il
river. There are many Indian naml
along the Delaware all The way up
sPocono. big hills. and Manunka chun
highest mountain spot