DOGWELL'S-ST (ST-DOGVAEL'S), a parish in the hundred of DEWISLAND, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (N.) from
Haverfordwest, on the road from that town to Fishguard, containing 514 inhabitants. This parish is noted, on traditional
authority, as the birthplace and place of burial of that distinguished patriot and chieftain, Owain Glyndwr, who is said
to have been born at Little Trefgarn, and to have been interred at the small village of Wolfs Castle, both situated within
its limits. The manor of St. Dogwell's was granted to the upper chapter of St. David's by Sir Richard Symmond, Knt., in
1328, for the maintenance of two priests in the cathedral church of that place, to say mass for the benefit of his soul
and that of his wife: the rectorial tithes of the parish had been given to the same body by Bishop Thomas Wallensis, in
the year 1254. Little Trefgarn was originally annexed by Bishop Iorwerth to the precentorship in the cathedral church of
St. David's, on the foundation of that dignity, but was subsequently resumed by Bishop Gower, and an annual stipend of
twenty marks allowed in its stead: it does not appear at what time it was re-appropriated, but it is now held on lease of
the precentor by William Edwardes Tucker, Esq., of Sealy Ham, as representative of the family of Edwardes, of Little
Trefgarn, in which it has been vested for upwards of two hundred years. Sealy Ham is an elegant modernized mansion on the
bank of a small stream, called the Sealy, and has been in the possession of the same family since the reign of Edward
III.: it is now the property and residence of W. E. Tucker, Esq., by marriage of William Edwardes, Esq., of Little
Trefgarn, with the heiress of that house. Slate of good quality is found in this parish, and is worked upon a limited
scale. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at
£4. 16. Of ., and in the patronage of the Upper Chapter in the Cathedral Church of St. David's. The church, dedicated to
St. Dogvael, is a plain building of considerable antiquity, without either tower or spire: the nave is separated from the
south aisle by low Norman arches. The sum of £7. 10. per annum is paid to the poor of this parish by Major Harries of
Trevacoon, under the will of the late John Edwardes, Esq., of Trefgarn. Within the limits of the parish are, a cromlech,
and other remains of antiquity, some of which, supposed to have been Druidical altars, are at present little more than an
indiscriminate heap of stones: there are also slight remains of three ancient encampments, probably of Danish origin, and
in a more perfect state than the relics above mentioned; of these, one, near which are three tumuli, is situated at Wolf's
Castle, and the two others, within one of which there is a rocking-stone, are within the demesne of Sealy Ham. The annual
average expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £105. DOLBENMAEN (DOL-BEN-MAEN), a parish, in the hundred of
EIVIONYDD, county of CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) from Tremadoc, on the road from Carnarvon, containing
355 inhabitants. There are some considerable veins of copper-ore in this parish, but no spirited efforts have ever been
made to work them; and the higher, or mountainous, part of it contains an abundance of manganese. Numerous quartz
crystals, in the form of regular prisms of six, eight, and ten sides, terminating at one extremity in an obtuse point, and
of considerable magnitude, have been found here, deeply imbedded in a species of black vegetable soil. A fair is held
annually on August 26th. The living is rectorial and is consolidated with the rectory of Penmorva, in the archdeaconry of
Merioneth, and diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Benno, is a small structure, in the later style of English
architecture, built in 1432, and row in a very ruinous and neglected state. There are places of worship for Independents
and Calvinistic Methodists. Not far from the church is a circular artificial mound of earth, on which was a castle,
apparently built to guard the pass of the valley, and probably of British origin; but no remains of the building are now
in existence. At Ystum Cegid, not far from the site of the castle, are three vast cromlechs, situated near each other and
of very rude construction. A rent-charge of £2. 10. was bequeathed to the poor of this parish by an unknown benefactor.
The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £ 111. 7.