Name variants and dispersed records complicate the chronology
Summary
The property and estate appear under multiple names and spellings, while relevant records are spread across different registers, archive catalogues, maps and web themes. That creates a genuine difficulty in linking records and retelling the chronology consistently.
Analysis
Maintain the exact spelling found in each source, its date, the feature it labels, the archive or register in which it appears, and the reason it has been linked to the Tŷ Mawr / Great House Farm research. Keep uncertain matches visible. The nomenclature index identifies forms including “Cedfin”, “Cydfin”, “Ty Mawr Farm”, “Ty-mawr”, “Great House Farm” and “Cedwyn”; these forms should not automatically be treated as interchangeable in every historical context.
Limits and alternative explanations
Name variation and dispersion explain a cataloguing and chronology problem; they do not by themselves demonstrate deliberate concealment. Similar names can refer to distinct places, and a later catalogue description is not a substitute for the original map, register or deed.
Tests and questions
- Which source uses each form, and what date can actually be assigned to it?
- Does the original record name the same building, holding, estate, field or parish?
- Are two entries independent records, duplicate descriptions, or archive catalogue copies of the same item?
- Which proposed links should remain uncertain until a map or original instrument is examined?
Underlying artifact references
dated name form
The current name index quotes “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm” from the 1824 survey; original plan review remains necessary.
Ordnance Survey name record
Compare the object name book with the relevant OS sheet and its revision/publication details.
name index
Secondary index of recorded variants; follow its source links for the original records.
estate-name index
Keeps the wider estate name distinct from individual farm/building names.