St Thomas, St Dogmaels

Name:
St Thomas, St Dogmaels
Record Type:
Parish Church
Church code:
3246
Diocese:
St Davids
Archdeaconry:
Cardigan
Parish:

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II Listed Building
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in a Conservation Area

Buildings At Risk Status

On Buildings At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Buildings at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

The village abuts Cardigan, separated by the estuary of the river Teifi the settlement has also been known as Llandudoch after the saint Tudoc whose abbey site is now unknown but probably on the coast, an area subject to Viking raids in 998. The second abbey was founded 1115 on a clas site. The church of St Thomas overlooks the abbey. Seafaring was locally important as a port for fishing and shipbuilding. Poppit sands at the end of the estuary marks the local end of the Pembrokeshire coastal path. Reference Buildings of Wales –Pembrokeshire 2004 The Encyclopaedia of Wales

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

View information on worship and access at this church on the Church In Wales web site