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 Fairwater, Double Bay Fairwater is a heritage-listed residence and homestead at 560 New South Head Road, Double Bay in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Horbury Hunt (1882) and J. W. Manson () and built from 1882 to 1970. Acquired by members of the Fairfax family in late 1900, following the 2017 death of Lady Mary Fairfax , the house is managed by the executors of her estate. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 March 2000. In the media, "Fairwater" is often