Llandough ( /lænˈdɒk/; cy, Llandochau Fach �an'doːχaɨ vaχ is a village,

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and

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in the

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( cy, Bro Morgannwg, links=no),

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, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of

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, and approximately 1.3 miles (2 km) north west of

Penarth Penarth (, ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg), Wales, exactly south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is a weal ...

Toponymy

''Llandough'' is an

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of the

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, which as a combination of the words (meaning 'church') and (Saint /), followed by (meaning 'small', however, consonant mutation in Welsh means this is changed to ).

History

Excavations have shown that the village's history goes back as far as the Roman occupation of

. Until the mid-1960s, Llandough was a small farming and quarrying village but experienced an expansion involving the building of a large number of houses, a primary school, and a block of six shopping units. However, these shops have now been demolished. There were around six

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s in the village around 1960, but only one now remains – Pound Cottage. Llandough became a separate community from

in 1982, though its residents retained a right to be buried in Penarth Cemetery at the same cost until 2007.

St Dochdwy's Church

Llandough was long believed to be one of the main

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