Llandowror, Carmarthenshire

Historical Description

Llandowror, a parish in Carmarthenshire, near the river Taff, 2½ miles SW of St Clears station on the G.W.R., and 3½ NW by N of Laughame. It has a post office under St Clears; money order and telegraph office, St Clears. Acreage, 1768; population, 264. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £166 with residence. The church contains a monument to a former rector, G. Jones, by Mrs Bevan, the founder of the Welsh circulating schools. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandowror from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Carmarthen Registration District.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carmarthenshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• Carmarthen Weekly Reporter