Energlyn

Alternative Name: Eneu’r-glyn
Morphology: genau+y+glyn
Phonetic: en-eye-rr-glyn

The settlement gets its name from its location at the mouth of the Rhymney valley north of Caerphilly. "Genau" is a Welsh word for mouth or jaw, though very rarely used in place names – in fact it appears that only two places in Wales have this name, the other being Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn near Aberystwyth. The English equivalent is simply a local Welsh pronunciation of the original Welsh name, and both versions have been in use for many years, Energlyn appears in 1729 (coming from Generglyn 1525 for example) but Eneu’r-glyn was used on county maps in 1885 and appears on the new local railway station opened in late 2013.