After over 600 years, Haverfordwest, the Market Town and Administrative centre of Pembrokeshire will be reverting to its original name of Haverford in 2030, dropping the 'West' part due to its redundancy.
The town in its current administrative form has existed for over 900 years, founded by the Normans a few decades after the crowning of William I in 1066 after the famous Battle of Hastings. Haverfordwest was originally founded under the name of Haverford, which is a mutation of 'Heifer Ford', meaning a shallow crossing of a river for cattle.
However, another larger town further eastwards in England was also founded under a similar name, the county town of Hereford, in Herefordshire. As a result of these similar names and due to the extremely high levels of illiteracy, poor education and strength of accents, numerous ships filled with goods and freight would sail to the wrong town due to the phonetic similarity of the names!
Due to this, the name of the Pembrokeshire town was changed with the suffix of 'west' added to prevent confusion commercially and administratively.
But now, 600 years after the name change and in this dawn of digital information, higher education and literacy, Haverfordwest will be reverting to Haverford once more. In a report issued by the head of the Welsh Government's Department of Administrative Affairs (DAA) Sir John Cutter, it is stated that 'The re-instatement of the town of Haverfordwest's original name will be a superb act of cost-cutting through eliminating redundancy. Although the cost of changing physical signs may seem a deep price at first, the revenue saved through ink costs on paper reports, logos, official seals and icons will greatly outweigh the price over the future decade. It is only right that Haverfordwest earns its original name, to further entwine its legacy in townships named after it in the various former colonies of the British Empire.'
The prime example of one of these townships in the community of Haverford in Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. With a population almost triple that of their progenitor town in Pembrokeshire, it is a famous town with a nationally renowned and prestigious sporting college that is considered a 'Little Ivy League' College.
It is not known as to how this will affect the numerous sporting teams that uses the name of Haverfordwest, notably the Cymru Premier team of Haverfordwest County, whom are currently 3rd in the League with a chance of qualifying for European Football via the playoffs at the conclusion of the regular season. We have requested a statement from the Ogi Bridge Meadow on this breaking news.
We will bring you any further updates on this breaking news story as we gain further details.
Haverfordwest to change its name
After over 600 years, Haverfordwest, the Market Town and Administrative centre of Pembrokeshire will be reverting to its original name of Haverford in 2030, dropping the 'West' part due to its redundancy.
The town in its current administrative form has existed for over 900 years, founded by the Normans a few decades after the crowning of William I in 1066 after the famous Battle of Hastings. Haverfordwest was originally founded under the name of Haverford, which is a mutation of 'Heifer Ford', meaning a shallow crossing of a river for cattle.
However, another larger town further eastwards in England was also founded under a similar name, the county town of Hereford, in Herefordshire. As a result of these similar names and due to the extremely high levels of illiteracy, poor education and strength of accents, numerous ships filled with goods and freight would sail to the wrong town due to the phonetic similarity of the names!
Due to this, the name of the Pembrokeshire town was changed with the suffix of 'west' added to prevent confusion commercially and administratively.
But now, 600 years after the name change and in this dawn of digital information, higher education and literacy, Haverfordwest will be reverting to Haverford once more. In a report issued by the head of the Welsh Government's Department of Administrative Affairs (DAA) Sir John Cutter, it is stated that 'The re-instatement of the town of Haverfordwest's original name will be a superb act of cost-cutting through eliminating redundancy. Although the cost of changing physical signs may seem a deep price at first, the revenue saved through ink costs on paper reports, logos, official seals and icons will greatly outweigh the price over the future decade. It is only right that Haverfordwest earns its original name, to further entwine its legacy in townships named after it in the various former colonies of the British Empire.'
The prime example of one of these townships in the community of Haverford in Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. With a population almost triple that of their progenitor town in Pembrokeshire, it is a famous town with a nationally renowned and prestigious sporting college that is considered a 'Little Ivy League' College.
It is not known as to how this will affect the numerous sporting teams that uses the name of Haverfordwest, notably the Cymru Premier team of Haverfordwest County, whom are currently 3rd in the League with a chance of qualifying for European Football via the playoffs at the conclusion of the regular season. We have requested a statement from the Ogi Bridge Meadow on this breaking news.
We will bring you any further updates on this breaking news story as we gain further details.