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New Brighton – adoption of a Welsh name

Meeting: 15/10/2024 - Cabinet (Item 87)

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Additional documents:

Decision:

That “Pentre Cythrel” be adopted as the recognised Welsh form of New Brighton, and that the Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to include it in the standardised list of Welsh place-names.

Minutes:

(link to recording)

 

Councillor Eastwood introduced the report (agenda item number 8) on New Brighton – Adoption of a Welsh Name, which would support the Council’s Welsh Language Promotion Strategy by increasing the visibility and normalising the use of Welsh.

 

The recommendation in the report was supported.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That “Pentre Cythrel” be adopted as the recognised Welsh form of New Brighton, and that the Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to include it in the standardised list of Welsh place-names.