However, this derivation is now considered a folk etymology, especially given that the name is first recorded under the spellings Tull Coit and Tollcoit in the land of Ystrad Ager, in the 12th century Book of Llandaff.

The entry states that the area was given to Llandaff Cathedral during the time of its fourteenth Bishop, Berthguin, in the early 8th century.

[4] The English name Fairwater may ultimately derive from the Ecclesiastical Latin in this entry, as the term bella aqua (literally "fair water") is recorded in its marginalia.

In recent times Ryan Green (once Wales' youngest international), Jermaine Easter and Joe Ledley and, a little further back, John Toshack.

Famous former pupils also include the model and Gary Lineker's wife Danielle Bux and director of the film Human Traffic, Justin Kerrigan.

Fairwater Brook was a childhood haunt of Roald Dahl, who lived in Radyr and studied in nearby Llandaff.

Fairwater Park, known locally as "The Dell" is the site of one of Britain's first artificial ski slopes, built in 1969.

It is bounded by Creigiau & St. Fagans to the west; Llandaff to the east; Canton to the southeast; Ely to the south; and Radyr to the north.