DAVIES
,
JOHN DAVID
(
DWB
, 139).
Append to the bibliography —
Jnl. Gower Soc.
, VI.
Corrections and additions:
DAVIES
,
JOHN DAVID
(
1831
-
1911
),
cleric and antiquary
,
b. at
Oxwich
parsonage,
Gower
,
14 Jan. 1831
; son of
John
Davies
,
rector of Reynoldston
(
1834-1873
) and
Louisa
his wife. He entered
Trinity College
,
Dublin
, as a ‘
Rossall scholar
,’
28 Oct. 1850
; graduated
B.A.
20 Feb.
, taking the
Divinity Testimonium
,
24 March 1855
, and
M.A.
,
1859
; was ordained
deacon
23 Sept. 1855
, and licensed
assistant curate
of
Nicholaston
, and
priest
21 Sept. 1856
. He was for a time
chaplain
to the
earl of Milltown
. He was instituted to the rectory of
Llanmadoc
,
Gower
,
28 June 1860
, and to that of
Cheriton
,
2 Aug. 1867
, both of which he held until his death. He carried out the restoration of both churches. His hobbies were
wood-carving
and
antiquarian research
. He was responsible for most of the carving in the churches of
Llanrhidian
,
Llanmadoc
,
Llangennith
, and
Cheriton
. He d., unmarried,
30 Sept.
, and was buried at
Cheriton
4 Oct. 1911
. His researches into the history of
Gower
were published in four volumes —
A History of West Gower
(
Swansea
,
1877-94
). He was also the
author
of
A few words on Non-communicating attendance
(
Swansea
,
1879
).
Bibliography:
-
Crockford's Clerical Directory
, 1858
ff
;
-
Burtchaell
and
Sadler
,
Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the
students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity
college in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)
,
London, 1924
.;
-
N.L.W.
The Records of the Church in Wales at the
National Library of Wales
— Llandaff;
-
South Wales Daily News
,
2 Oct. 1911
.
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
