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[[Image:StDogmaelsAbbey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Part of the remains of St Dogmaels Abbey]] | [[Image:StDogmaelsAbbey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Part of the remains of St Dogmaels Abbey]] | ||
[[File:St Dogmaels Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 309701.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Another view of the abbey]] | [[File:St Dogmaels Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 309701.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Another view of the abbey]] | ||
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[[File:Aber Teifi, gyda Gwbert yn y cefndir - Teifi estuary with Gwbert in the background - geograph.org.uk - 899334.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Teifi estuary at St Dogmaels, with [[Gwbert]] in the background]] | [[File:Aber Teifi, gyda Gwbert yn y cefndir - Teifi estuary with Gwbert in the background - geograph.org.uk - 899334.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Teifi estuary at St Dogmaels, with [[Gwbert]] in the background]] | ||
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 lies the Anglican St Thomas parish church, 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 as the Ogam Sagranus stone. St Dogmael's was once a marcher borough. George Owen, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.<ref>Owen, George, ''The Description of Pembrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes'', Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892</ref> | The village contains the remains of a 12th-century Tironian [[St Dogmael's Abbey|abbey]], which was in its day one of the richer monastic institutions in Wales. Adjacent to the abbey ruins lies the Anglican St Thomas parish church, 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 as the Ogam Sagranus stone. St Dogmael's was once a marcher borough. George Owen, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.<ref>Owen, George, ''The Description of Pembrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes'', Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892</ref> | ||
In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating [[Trefriw]] in the final.<ref>[http://www.villageoftheyear.org/wales/index.htm Calor Village of the Year]</ref> | In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating [[Trefriw]] in the final.<ref>[http://www.villageoftheyear.org/wales/index.htm Calor Village of the Year]</ref> | ||
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== Outside links == | == Outside links == | ||
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*Location map: {{wmap|52.08083|-4.67861|zoom=14}} | |||
*[http://www.stdogmaels.org www.stdogmaels.org Village website for St Dogmaels, including an up to date 'what's on' calendar] | *[http://www.stdogmaels.org www.stdogmaels.org Village website for St Dogmaels, including an up to date 'what's on' calendar] | ||
*[http://www.abbeyshakespeare.co.uk abbeyshakespeare.co.uk : The website of the Abbey Shakespeare Players] | *[http://www.abbeyshakespeare.co.uk abbeyshakespeare.co.uk : The website of the Abbey Shakespeare Players] | ||
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*[http://www.cardiganshirecoastandcountry.com/walk-st_dogmaels-cemaes-head.php A circular walk and map round St.Dogmael's] | *[http://www.cardiganshirecoastandcountry.com/walk-st_dogmaels-cemaes-head.php A circular walk and map round St.Dogmael's] | ||
*[http://stdogmaels.org St. Dogmael's Homepage] | *[http://stdogmaels.org St. Dogmael's Homepage] | ||
[[Category:Towns and villages in Pembrokeshire]] | [[Category:Towns and villages in Pembrokeshire]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:49, 29 January 2019
St Dogmaels is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Cardiganshire. A little to the west of the village, further along the estuary, lies Poppit Sands beach.
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 lies the Anglican St Thomas parish church, 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 as the Ogam Sagranus stone. St Dogmael's was once a marcher borough. George Owen, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.[1]
In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating Trefriw in the final.[2]
St Dogmaels is twinned with the village of Trédarzec in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
The Abbey Shakespeare Plays
Plays by Shakespeare are performed annually in the abbey in the summer months. Some of the actors are from the local area, others come from all over Great Britain and return regularly.
References
- ↑ Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
- ↑ Calor Village of the Year
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about St Dogmaels) |
- Location map: 52°4’51"N, 4°40’43"W
- www.stdogmaels.org Village website for St Dogmaels, including an up to date 'what's on' calendar
- abbeyshakespeare.co.uk : The website of the Abbey Shakespeare Players
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of St. Dogmaels and surrounding area
- photos of St.Dogmael's and information
- Poppit Sands Beach St.Dogmael's and information
- A circular walk and map round St.Dogmael's
- St. Dogmael's Homepage