Identification
- Title
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name)
- Abstract
1.1 Background
The Royal Commission manages the statutory List of Historic Place Names of Wales on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, under Part 6, Section 193 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023. The List is a national collection of the historic place names of Wales and it contains details of hundreds of thousands of place names from a variety of different sources.
1.2 Frequency of Update
The List of Historic Place Names of Wales is an ever evolving resource which is being constantly updated by new submissions and research into sources recording historic names. To ensure that the information that is provided on Data Map Wales is up to date, this dataset will be updated on a quarterly basis.
1.3 Use of Data
When you use this data under the Open Government Licence, you should include the following attribution: This data is from the List of Historic Place Names in Wales, produced by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW). © Crown Database Right: RCAHMW, licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
1.4 Other Information
Further information regarding the List of Historic Place Names in Wales can be found on the Royal Commission's website. Enquiries can be directed to - Email: historicplacenames@rcahmw.gov.uk; Tel: 01970 621200.
- Licence
- Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)
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Copyright:
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026
- Type
- Spatial data
- Keywords
- historic environment, Heritage, Place Names
- Category:
- Environment
- Regions
- United Kingdom
- Approved
- Yes
- Published
- Yes
- Featured
- No
- Group
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments
Information
- Spatial extent
- Projection system
- EPSG:27700
- Extension x0
- 0.0
- Extension x1
- 435000.0
- Extension y0
- 0.0
- Extension y1
- 803044.0
Features
- Restrictions
-
When you use this data under the Open Government Licence, you should include the following attribution: This data is from the List of Historic Place Names in Wales, produced by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW). © Crown Database Right: RCAHMW, licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
- Edition
- Hydref/October 2025
- Purpose
This dataset was produced by the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and has been made available to the public as part of our commitment to improving access to data.
This spatial dataset comprises of point data relating to place names that have been recorded by the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales for the List of Historic Place Names.
- Temporal extent
- Dec. 10, 2016, midnight - Oct. 16, 2025, midnight
Contact
- online.services@rcahmw.gov.uk
- Organisation
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments
References
- Link online
- /layers/geonode:rcahmw_historicplacenames_wales_recordednames
- Metadata page
- /layers/geonode:rcahmw_historicplacenames_wales_recordednames/metadata_detail
- GeoJSON
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).json
- Excel
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).excel
- CSV
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).csv
- GML 3.1.1
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).gml
- GML 2.0
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).gml
- DXF
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).dxf
- OGC Geopackage
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).gpkg
- Zipped Shapefile
- List of Historic Place Names (Recorded Name).zip