Editing Trellech (section)

==Etymology==
It is thought that the Welsh name ''Tryleg'' probably means 'conspicuous stone' and derives from the intensifying [[prefix]] ''try-'' and *''lleg'', an unrecorded variant of the common noun ''llech'' 'stone, slab'. If so, the name probably refers to a large stone that once stood on a mound about a mile-and-a-half north of the village. Historical forms of the name vary between ''Try-'', ''Tri-'' and ''Tre-''. It is likely that the three standing stones known as Harold's Stones influenced those forms that begin with ''Tri-'' (Welsh ''tri'' 'three'). Another Welsh noun ''tre(f)'' 'settlement, town' has probably influenced forms that begin with ''Tre-''. The noun ''llech'', mentioned above, has also influenced various forms of the name.<ref name=hwo>Hywel Wyn Owen and Richard Morgan, ''Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales''. University of Wales Press, 2007, {{ISBN|1-84323-901-9}}, p. 472.</ref> The <ll> in the English form ''Trellech'' is given its English pronunciation (not as Welsh [[Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives|{{IPA|[ɬ]|cat=no}}]]). Likewise, the final <ch> is pronounced as {{IPA|[k]}} not as Welsh [[Voiceless uvular fricative|{{IPA|[χ]|cat=no}}]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

The village is noteworthy because of the variety of different modern spellings of the name.  Historically, up to 30 different variations of the name have been recorded, of which four are still commonly used.<ref>{{cite news |author=Gwyneth Rees|title=The Welsh village name with more than 20 spellings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44683054 |work=BBC Wales News |date=15 July 2018 |access-date=15 July 2018 }}</ref>  On each of the three roads entering the village, signs give a different spelling: ''Trellech'', ''Trelleck'' and ''Trelech''.