Elfed is a
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...
place name and personal name. It commonly refers to one of two geographic areas:
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Kingdom of Elfed (English: ''Elmet''), an Old Welsh kingdom in what is now northern England during the Early Middle Ages
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Elfed, a cymwd (commote) of Cantref Gwarthaf (in modern Carmarthenshire, Wales), later anglicised to 'Elvet Hundred'
Elfed may also refers to:
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Cynwyl Elfed
Cynwyl Elfed (; sometimes Conwyl and formerly anglicised as Conwil Elvet or Conwil in Elvet) is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad. It is s ...
, a community in the cymwd of Elfed, Wales
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Elfed High School
Elfed High School () is an 11–16 mixed, English-medium community secondary school in Buckley, Flintshire, Wales.
History
Opened in 1954, the school was named after Hywel Elfed Lewis 1860-1953, the renowned bard and scholar who served as ...
, in Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
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Elfed Davies, Baron Davies of Penrhys
Gwilym Elfed Davies, Baron Davies of Penrhys (9 October 1913 – 28 April 1992) was a Welsh Labour Party politician.
Born in Pontygwaith, Rhondda to Welsh-speaking parents, David and Miriam Elizabeth Davies, Elfed was educated at the Tylorstown ...
(1913–1992), Welsh politician
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Elfed Evans
Elfed Ellison Evans (28 August 1926 – 13 May 1988) was a Welsh professional footballer.
Career
Evans, an inside-forward, joined Cardiff City in May 1949 from Treharris, having previously played for Trelewis and Glamorgan side Nelson. He made ...
(1926–1988), Welsh professional footballer
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Howell Elvet Lewis
Howell Elvet Lewis (14 April 1860 – 10 December 1953), widely known by his bardic name Elfed, was a Welsh Congregational minister, hymn-writer, and devotional poet, who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1924 to 1928. ...
hymn-writer, poet and Archdruid whose bardic name was Elfed
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Elfed Morris (born 1942), Welsh professional footballer
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