1158 – Roger de Clare may have founded the parish church as the secular church of Cardigan Priory. 1165 – Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd granted the church to Chertsey Abbey. 1175 – The Abbot of Gloucester made an unsuccessful attempt to claim the church. Reference was made to the presentation many years earlier...
Read more →Timeline: 1647 – A petition was completed on 23rd January from the burgesses of the town, calling for the provision of a free school for Cardigan. 1653 – Cardigan Free Grammar School opened – the sixth established Grammar School in Wales. It was founded by the new Cardigan Borough Council to provide for “…eight...
Read more →1093 - References to a castle established by Earl Roger de Montgomery at the Teifi estuary probably refer to the site at Old Castle, a mile downstream. 1094 – The early earthwork fortification at Old Castle was destroyed by the Welsh. 1110 – The present castle site was probably first occupied by Gilbert fitz...
Read more →A wooden bridge was probably built soon after the foundation of the town, and certainly already spanned the Teifi at Cardigan by 10th October 1136, when it collapsed beneath the weight of fighting men (or fleeing Normans!) during the Battle of Crug Mawr: “…When the bridge over the river Teifi was broken down, it...
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