Lewisham: Gwahaniaeth rhwng fersiynau

 

"In the most ancient Saxon records this place is called ''Levesham'', that is, the house among the meadows; ''leswe'', ''læs'', ''læse'', or ''læsew'', in the Saxon, signifies a meadow, and ham, a dwelling. It is now written, as well in parochial and other records as in common usage, Lewisham."<ref>'Lewisham', The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 514-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45489. Date accessed: 03 October 2007.</ref>

 

Saif ar lan aber yr [[Afon Quaggy|Quaggy]] a'r [[Afon Ravensbourne|Ravensbourne]] (o bosibl o'r Celtaidd "r afons bourne") sy'n codi o ffynnon Romano -Celtaidd (Caesar's Well, Keston). Mae gan [[Iarll Dartmouth]] y teitl etifeddol ''Viscount Lewisham'' ers 1711.