I have recently returned to Australia after a research trip to Wales and I have a query about bilingual place names. My name, Rhydwen, was the name of my great grandfather. He changed by deed poll from Parry to Rhydwen which was the Welsh name for the village, Whitford, where he lived. Due to changes in the A55 since my last visit, I found myself driving past road signs pointing to Whitford, but, it had become, in Welsh, Chwitffordd. How? Who decided? What does it mean? Surely it is is just a transliteration of Whitford rather than a translation? I was very disappointed to find that the village I was named after no longer existed..... I am also curious about how this happened. Can anyone tell me? Thank you, Mari **************** Dr Mari Rhydwen, Tel:09 380 2431 Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia, Fax:09 380 1052 Nedlands, Perth, 6009, Western Australia. ****************