St Dogmaels
St Dogmaels
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 Part of the ruins of St Dogmaels Abbey | |
  St Dogmaels St Dogmaels shown within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 1,353 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN165459 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIGAN |
| Postcode district | SA43 |
| Dialling code | 01239 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Another view of the abbey ruins
The Teifi estuary at St Dogmaels, with Gwbert in the background
St Dogmaels (Welsh: Llandudoch) is a village, parish[2] and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Ceredigion. A little to the north of the village, further along the estuary, lies Poppit Sands beach. The parish includes the small settlement of Cippyn, south of Cemaes Head.[3]
Contents
1 Name
2 History
3 Governance
4 Shakespeare in St Dogmaels Abbey
5 Twinning
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Name
The English and Welsh names seem to bear no similarity, but it has been suggested that possibly both names refer to the same saint or founder Dogfael (Dogmael), with ‘mael’ (prince) and ‘tud’ (land or people of) being added to Dog/doch as in Dog mael and Tud doch.[4]
History
The village contains the remains of a 12th-century Tironian abbey, which was in its day one of the richer monastic institutions in Wales. Adjacent to the abbey ruins is the parish church (Church in Wales) of St Thomas, which appears successively to have occupied at least three sites close to or within the abbey buildings. The present building is a respectable minor Victorian edifice and contains the Ogam Sagranus stone. St. Dogmael's was once a marcher borough. George Owen of Henllys, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.[5]
In the 1830s, the parish's population was 2,109.[6] In 1832, boundary changes meant that a part of Pembrokeshire, including a part of St Dogmaels, was included in Cardiganshire. This was reversed by the Welsh Assembly in 2002.[2]
In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating Trefriw in the final.[7]
Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists, stretching to include the community of Nevern. The population taken at the 2011 census is 2,218.[8]
Shakespeare in St Dogmaels Abbey
A Shakespeare play is performed annually in the abbey during the summer since the first play was performed in 1987. The actors are both local and from all parts of Great Britain.[9]
Twinning
St Dogmaels is twinned with the village of Trédarzec in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
See also
Albro Castle, a former workhouse- Calor Village of the Year
References
^ "Community population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "GENUKI St Dogmaels". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "Dyfed Archaeology Trust: Cippyn". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ St Dogmaels - A sense of place
^ Owen, George, The Description of Penbrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
^ S, Lewis (1833). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.
^ Calor Village of the Year Archived 2006-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "Abbey Shakespeare Players: Shakespeare in St Dogmaels Abbey". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Dogmaels. |
- Historical information and sources on GENUKI
- Village website
- Abbey Shakespeare Players
- Photographs of St Dogmaels and surrounding area on Geograph
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