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hundred"LLANDOWROR, a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of DERLLYS, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (W.S.W.) from St. Clear's, on the road from Carmarthen to Haverfordwest; containing 391 inhabitants. . . The lands are partly inclosed and cultivated, and a considerable portion is covered with underwood; the surrounding scenery is pleasing . . . Within the limits of the parish is one of the finest quarries in the county, producing stone of excellent quality for building, and the working of which affords employment to such of the labouring inhabitants as are not engaged in agriculture. A new line of road, constructed to avoid the steep ascent of Llandowror hill to Tavarn 'Spytty, on the border of Pembrokeshire, was completed in 1830, and extends from the village of Llandowror, until it joins the road to Milford, considerably south of the former. . . The church is dedicated to St. Cringat. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]
Griffith Jones, Llanddowror - on Wikipedia
Griffith Jones, Llanddowror - on the Porth Junior School site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Davies, G. Griffith Jones, Llanddowror: athro cenedl, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Morgannwg Ganol, Gwasg Efengylaidd Cymru (1984) 120 p., ill. [ISBN: 1850490015]
Jenkins, R.T. Gruffydd Jones, Llanddowror, 1683-1761, Caerdydd, [Wales], Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru (1930) 57, [5] p., ill., facsim., map. p.
Jones, D. Life and times of Griffith Jones, sometime rector of Llanddowror. Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, Tentmaker Publications (1995) 200 p. [ISBN: 1899003134] [Reprint. Originally published: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1902].It is a general history of the movement, and doesn't mention specific locations of any of the schools. Here is a brief extract.
Jones, D.Ambrose. Griffith Jones: Llanddowror, Wrecsam, Hughes a'i Fab (1923) 176 p.
Kelly, T. Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, pioneer in adult education, Cardiff, UWP (1950) 56 p.
Morgan, J. Four biographical sketches: Bishop Ollivant, Bishop Thirlwall, Rev. Griffith Jones, Vicar of Llanddowror, and Sir Thomas Phillips, Q.C.: with a chapter on 'The Church in Wales', London, Elliot Stock (1892) 206 p.
Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants
Griffiths, G. Milwyn. A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710 National Library of Wales journal. 1974, Summer Vol XVIII/3. Includes the parish of Llan Ddowror
Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books)).
Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site
Diocesan records suggest that c1790 the earliest PR went back to 1694. No mention of PR M (1813-37) in 1933 survey
Parish registers: Christenings and Burials (1726-1979), Marriages (1726-1812, 1837-1969) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.
Facsimile Parish registers: Christenings and Burials (1813-1957) are at the National Library of Wales.
Copy ts PR index CB (1813-75) M (1728-84, 1837-75) at NLW and Carm.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1671-2, 1677-9, 1681-4, 1686-7, 1698-9, 1708, 1713, 1717-18, 1720-2, 1724-30, 1732-6, 1738, 1740-51, 1759-1800, 1802-6, 1808, 1810-35, 1837-42, 1844-56) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS.
An Index to Christenings (1813-1875), Marriages (1720-1875) and Burials (1813-1875) is available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.
Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 14 - Derllys Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989)
Nonconformist Chapels:
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanddowror as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Gareth Hicks)
There is data for this parish on The Carmarthenshire Roll of Honour site
Celtic carved stones at Llanddowror - on the Cistercian Way site
Llanddowror War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
Lloyd, Sir John E., (Ed.). A History of Carmarthenshire (2 vols.), Cardiff, London Carmarthenshire Society (1935, 1939). Extracts from this book can be accessed on some parish pages, see here for this parish
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
[Gareth Hicks : 9 Sept 2007]
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