Cathays from Old English haga. An unlikely explanation which is sometimes found is that it is from 'Cad Hayes' – cad, the Welsh word for battle, and the various shades of meaning of the medieval English hague/hay above. The current term shares its orthography, but not its pronunciation nor meaning with 'Cathay', an alternative name for China. By the medieval period farmland outside the old Cardiff Castle, Cathays takes in the northern limit of medieval Cardiff — marked by the crossroads of Fairoak Road and Crwys Road. After John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, married The Hon. Charlotte Hickman-Windsor (daughter of
Fairwater, Double Bay have important collections of historic species and they visually support this planting theme. The 1991 Woollahra Significant Tree Register lists the following trees located on "Fairwater": The stable is of brick construction with a timber-framed gable roof. The bricks used in the construction, being a dark red, are different in colour to that found in the main house. The residence is a double storey structure of brick construction with a timber-framed roof originally constructed in 1882 with additions , and in particular from 1910s. The exterior appearance is characterised by the use of a brick, which is pale yellow in