Editing Bargoed (section)

==Toponymy==
The name of the town is derived from that of the [[River Bargoed]], which itself is based on the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word {{lang|cy|bargod}} "border, boundary".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780198527589|location=Oxford|pages=}}</ref> The change from Bargod to Bargoed is recorded from the sixteenth century onwards and was probably a [[hypercorrection]] under the influence of {{lang|cy|coed}} "trees, woods", perhaps reinforced by nearby place names such as Pen-y-coed, Argoed and Blackwood ({{langx|cy|y Coed-duon}}).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Owen|first=Hywel Wyn|title=The Place-Names of Wales|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=2015|isbn=9781783161645|pages=12}}</ref> The modern pronunciation of the town's name varies depending on street, ranging from {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑː|r|g|ɒ|d}} {{respell|BAR|god}} (based on {{lang|cy|Bargod}} {{IPA|cy|ˈbarɡɔd}}) and {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑː|r|g|ɔɪ|d}} {{respell|BAR|goyd}} (based on ''{{lang|en|Bargoed}}'')<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wells|first=John|authorlink=John C. Wells |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|publisher=Longman|year=2000|isbn=9780582364677|pages=66}}</ref> to the more informal {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑː|r|g|ə|d}} {{respell|BAR|gəd}}.