Thousands of hidden place names from Anglesey and Eryri have been added to national records.

A series of community sessions held in both areas has led to 7,000 new entries being added to a list of historic place names from across Wales.

It now includes over 715,000 names, providing an insight into the history of Wales and the Welsh language as well as capturing place names that were never formally recorded but exist in local memories.

Dr James January-McCann, who ran the sessions, said: "A community’s sense of place, and its sense of itself is intrinsically linked with its place names."

"Through collecting them before they are lost we ensure the survival of these linguistic and cultural treasures, and the knowledge which they encapsulate."

The project is now being extended to cover the Bannau Brycheiniog and Pembrokeshire Coast national parks with further sessions taking place nationwide in the coming year.

Welsh Language Secretary Mark Drakeford added: "Historic place names offer a window into the linguistic, social and historical forces that have shaped Wales over centuries. Once lost, they cannot be recovered."

"These sessions are vital to capture names held in living memory so that they can continue to be seen, heard and used."

Dr January-McCann is also preparing a toolkit to allow community groups to run their own gathering sessions and submit collected names to the list.

Anyone can look up place names on the list’s online map, and they can submit their own unrecorded place names by using the Welsh Government’s recently launched online collection tool.