In mediaeval times, Adamsdown lay just outside the east walls of Cardiff and was owned by the lords of Glamorgan. The area may be named after an Adam Kygnot, a porter at Cardiff Castle around 1330 AD. The Welsh name "Waunadda" derives from "(g)waun" (a heath or down) and the personal name "Adda" (Adam). This name appears to be a recent creation, and there is no evidence that Adam Kygnot was ever called 'Adda'. "Y Sblot Uchaf" is the Welsh name of Upper Splott, a farm that stood on the site of the later Great Eastern Hotel (demolished 2009) on the corner of Sun Street and Metal Street.