Thanks Hugo, saves me asking the wrong thing again! On the subject of place names, Robert Roberts (born 1810 ish)second son of old Enoch lived in Llanbeblig in a house called Ala Bowl.What does that mean? He was a quarryman as I think nearly every man there was!
Ala Bowl is a new one on me as I've never heard of it. I've checked my dictionary and neither word is in it.
Welsh house names in those days would often relate to the location of the property or occupation of the owner, but were often misspelt or mutated. In other words the first letter of the word changes or is even dropped! Confused? so am I because there are a number of different types of mutation!
In Glanwydden the occupations were mainly Agricultural workers or Quarrymen as the village grew due to the nearby Llangystennin Quarries. Llandudno also had the Copper Miners and after 1850 the hotels and tourists created other forms of employment.