Llanddowror
{{Short description|Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
| map_type =
| population = 851
| official_name = Llanddowror
| community_wales = Llanddowror
| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire
| lieutenancy_wales = Carmarthenshire
| constituency_westminster = Caerfyrddin
| post_town = CARMARTHEN
| postcode_district = SA33
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01994
| os_grid_reference = SN254144
| static_image_name = St Teilo's Church, Llanddowror - geograph.org.uk - 1002811.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Teilo's Church (2008)
| module= 240px
Map of the community
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Llanddowror is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales situated {{convert|2|mi|0}} from St. Clears. Previously on the trunk road to Pembroke Dock, the village is small, historic and relatively unspoilt.
Llanddowror is famous for being the home of its rector, Griffith Jones, the 18th century Anglican educator and promoter of Methodism, who was funded by Bridget Bevan in organising circulating schools to spread literacy in Carmarthenshire.{{cite web | last=Carradice | first=Phil | title=Griffith Jones and the Circulating Schools | website=BBC | date=2010-07-19 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/687b3cfb-779d-3885-9610-652c384b6f06 | access-date=2020-12-16}}
The community is bordered to the south by Carmarthen Bay and inland with the communities of Pendine, Eglwyscummin, St Clears and Laugharne Township.
The community includes the village of Llanmiloe and New Mill.
Amenities
A new bypass improvement scheme for the section of the A477 trunk road between St Clears and Red Roses was approved by the Welsh Government on 27 January 2012. Construction work on the new bypass began in mid-2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.a477stclearsredroses.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202201859/http://www.a477stclearsredroses.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 February 2011|title=A477 Saint Clears to Red Rose ||website=www.a477stclearsredroses.com}} Constructed with a straighter alignment and bypassing the villages of Llanddowror and Red Roses, the new section opened to general traffic on 16 April 2014, having been declared open by Edwina Hart, Welsh Assembly Member for Transport.{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2014-04-15/section-of-a477-to-officially-open-after-68m-upgrade |title=Section of A477 officially opens after £68m upgrade |work=ITV News Wales |date=16 April 2014 |accessdate=17 April 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417140930/http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2014-04-15/section-of-a477-to-officially-open-after-68m-upgrade |archivedate=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/transport/2014/140416A477/?lang=en |work=Welsh Government News |title=£68million improvements to A477 brings benefits to the economy, tourism and local communities |date=16 April 2014 |accessdate=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417024513/http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/transport/2014/140416A477/?lang=en |archivedate=17 April 2014 }}
Rental holiday cottages and bed & breakfast locations are available in Llanddowror. A local attraction is the nearby ruin of the Norman castle in St Clears.
Imperial Legacy
Llanddowror has lent its name to the British Raj-era hill station of Landour (now in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand) in the Lower Western Himalaya in northern India. Landour was founded in 1827 as a convalescent station for British soldiers serving in India. During British colonial rule, nostalgic British names were common in India and many of these names survive today although many others were discarded once India became an independent state.{{cite web | title = Mussoorie blues |work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/mussoorie-blues/article3634898.ece |date=July 14, 2012| accessdate = 2017-03-01 |authorlink=Rakhshanda Jalil| first = Rakhshanda | last = Jalil }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2749510 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanddowror and surrounding area]
{{Communities of Carmarthenshire}}
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Category:Communities in Carmarthenshire