Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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History
"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).] For more information see Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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