Mynachdy is a district of the city of Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Wales

Wales

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Mynachdy is situated between Gabalfa

Gabalfa

Gabalfa is a district in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is characterised by an enormous fly over road which is part of the large Gabalfa Interchange, and crosses the A48 road in a north-south direction. The area is also the site of the All Nations Centre.The name is derived...

, Heath, Cathays

Cathays

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 and Whitchurch

Whitchurch, Cardiff

Whitchurch is a suburb in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. It falls within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward.-History:Whitchurch draws its name from...

. It is close to a few universities such as Cardiff University

Cardiff University

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 and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

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, as well as student accommodation.

Nant-Gwaelyd (bloody brook in Welsh). A stream which rises in the Cefn range of hills, flows in a south-easterly direction through Whitchurch and is, apparently, lost in the Glamorganshire Canal

Glamorganshire Canal

The Glamorganshire Canal was a canal in south Wales, UK, running from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff. Construction started in 1790, and the 25 miles of canal was fully opened by 1794. Its primary purpose was to enable the Merthyr iron industries to transport their goods, and it later served the coal...

 at Mynachdy. It is said, with some probability, to derive its name from the great battle fought between the Welsh and the Normans

Normans

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on Cardiff Heath c. 1090.

Cabarn-Plwca. A place on the border between Llys-Talybont manor and the Mynachdy lands.

Whitchurch. In Welsh 'Eglwys-newydd', "Newchurch". A village, manor and chaelry in the parish of Llandaff and Hundred of Kibbor, 3½ miles north from Cardiff. The Latin name, Album Monasterium (Whitminster), points to an early monastic foundation, probably identical with Mynachdy.