Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishPlans to rename a small Welsh community ‘Pig Village’ have caused a stink amongst locals.For at least a century, the serene village has been known as Northop Hall after a nearby 13th century manor house – once home to ancestors of author George Eliot. Now as part of a drive for Welsh place names to be displayed on road signs, residents have been recommended to adopt Pentre-moch, or Pig Village.Supporters say it is historically accurate as old maps show the village expanded from an area with several pig holdings and can be traced back to as early as 1530.However while some of Northop Hall’s 1,500 residents like the distinctive name, others are appalled by the idea of their serene village being associated with pigs.Those who object have labelled whole exercise ‘bloody crazy’ and ‘unbelievable wokeness’.The move to agree a Welsh name for the Flintshire village comes after the controversial renaming of beauty spots Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons, branded ‘bonkers’ by critics.However language purists want to go even further, claiming that the use of English place names and spellings highlights the ‘cultural oppression historically inflicted on Wales’. Northop Hall in Flintshire, north Wales, could also be known as Pentre-moch – Welsh for ‘pig Village’ – in controversial plans branded ‘bloody crazy’ and ‘unbelievable wokeness’ by some locals (mocked-up road sign pictured) St Mary’s Church in Northop Hall, Flintshire where the local community council want to adopt the Welsh name of Pentre-moch, or Pig VillageThe name – pentre means ‘village’ while moch is Welsh for ‘pig’ – has been put forward as the proposed Welsh name by Northop Hall Community Council, with residents being asked their views.Currently the local borough council uses Neuadd Llaneurgain, the nearest literal translation of Northop Hall.But this idea has been rejected as a ‘recent translation with no historical basis’. Alternative suggestions include Dre Mwnci (Monkey Town), owing to occasional references to the village by this name. The proposal has angered many in the village.‘Why the hell would we want to be called Pig Village?’ stormed one woman.‘I know that a lot of the houses on the main road had kept pigs many moons ago but, really, Pig Village?’Another agreed, saying: ‘Not sure “Pig Village” sounds an attractive name for our beautiful village.’ A man said the exercise was ‘ridiculous’ and a ‘total waste of time and money’. Some locals in Northop Hall argue the proposed Welsh name of Pentre-moch or ‘Pig Village’ isn’t ‘an attractive name for our beautiful village’ The Top Monkey pub in Northop Hall, Flintshire where some locals say the existing name for the village has served it well throughout living memory‘Surely the village council needs to be disbanded if all they have left to do is worry about the village having a Welsh name?’ he said.On social media, one resident wrote: ‘I was born and raised in Northop Hall 75 years (ago).‘It was good enough then, why not now?’But others have backed Pentre-moch as a ‘wonderful, historical, evocative name that goes back over 500 years’.And one supporter wrote: ‘Pentre-moch was the name of the original settlement.‘The village grew and the people who lived in this special place, had the name taken from them. This is an opportunity to give them their name back. ‘I think in isolation pig village may sound unattractive, but it’s what the village was – as I understand it.‘The proposal does not ask us not make up a new name but to give the village a Welsh name that provides it with a bilingual identity.’In a letter to residents, the community council said Pentre-moch was embedded culturally and nationally recognised.It added: ‘Many other settlements in Wales make reference to moch (Welsh for pig) and they reflect their key status in the agricultural economy of the Middle Ages. ‘The name Pentre-moch is still used today, both in written form and in conversation.’ The adopted Welsh name would not replace Northop Hall but would sit alongside it and be added to road signs when existing ones need replacing.The row comes after Snowdonia was officially rebranded as Eryri.The Brecon Beacons was officially switched to Bannau Brycheiniog by national park chiefs who said the English name was not eco-friendly.
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