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PARISH OF KNIGHTON, (continued). NAME. REMARKS. 45. Frongoch » Similar to Bryngoch. Bron = Breast of hill. 46. Panty Gynas r Pantau Gynnes=warm hollows, or from Cynghres = meeting, see No. 47. 47. Little Kulocks- See No. 4. 48. Middle Pits Farm 49. Pound Meadow Pounds (Faldau in Welsh). 50. Werns T Alder Grove 51. Fron Coppice 52. Cwmgilla Farm See No. 20. 53. Werns See No. 59. 54. Ripples From ripples or ridges in the field 55. Pool Leasow 56. Rafts Haft = handle of bell hook. 57. Caloes Close 58. Moscom Mwys = ambiguous, thus Gairmwys = word of two meanings, Mwss Cwm = not quite definitely a cwm or dip in the ground. 59. Bryn-y-goch See Nos. 32 and 37. 60. Upper Bryny Bryny from Brynian=plural of Bryn. 61. Middle Bryny 62. Lower Bryny 63. Bryn-y-goch See No. 68. 64. Brandy Hall Farm Ebrandy. Ydfran = rook. 65. Knops From Cnap = hump, tump. 66. Bryn-y-castle Castle Hill. 67. Bonfire Bank 68. Rhos ▼ ▼ Farm 69. Bowdlers Jenkinallis Farm 70. Truel Close 71. Cae Gwinny Cae Gwennith = wheat field 72. The Wiles Wyl. Wylcop at Shrewsbury. Wiles= willows 73. Cae Bigs From Fegs = Rads. word for rough grass. 74. Hopyard 75. Little Fashire This may come from the word flash mean- ing a narrow piece like slang or llain. Flash-hir would be long narrow piece. There is an obsolete word flash meaning a pool marsh. 76. Great Fashire