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DOGMELLS (St.), or Llandydoch, a suburb and a parish in the district of Cardigan, and county of Pembroke. The suburb lies on the river Teifi, separated only by that river from the town of Cardigan; is called Bridgend, but includes a village of the name of St. Dogmells; and has a post office, ‡ of that name, under Cardigan. The parish contains also the hamlets of Cippin, Panty-groes, and Abbey, and the workhouse of Cardigan. Acres, 6, 220; of which 235 are water. Real property, £5, 642. Pop., 2, 438. Houses, 641. The Welsh princes had a seat here; and Rhys ap Tewdwr defeated here the sons of Codifor ab Collwyw. A large and splendid abbey was founded at what is now called Abbeybarn, by Martin de Tours; and some remains of the church, and of the eastern attached buildings, together with two curious antiquities in the grounds, still exist. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarages of Llantyd and Monington, in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £143. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a neat early English structure, adjacent to the remains of the abbey; and contains a monument of Bradshaw, who got the abbey at the dissolution. There is a dissenting chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a suburb and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | St Dogmells Municipal CP Cardigan RegD/PLU Cardiganshire AncC Pembrokeshire AncC |
Place names: | DOGMELLS ST | DOGMELLS ST OR LLANDYDOCH | LLANDYDOCH | ST DOGMELLS |
Place: | St Dogmaels |
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