Llandovery’s Victorian Benefactor

History of Llandovery 19th century A Welshman in Australia The History Daniel Lloyd Jones was born in 1823 to a farming family at Pen-y-bont, a 113-acre holding between Llandovery and Cynghordy. He left Wales at a young age and arrived in Australia in 1846, already having accumulated considerable wealth. Within a few years, Daniel and […]

The Drovers of Llandovery

The men who walked Welsh cattle to market History of Llandovery 18th – 19th century The Roads That Shaped Our Market Town The History Before railways and motor transport, cattle and sheep travelled to market on foot. Llandovery became an important meeting point for Welsh drovers — the men who guided livestock along long-distance routes […]