History: In 1818-67 Rev. Daniel Davies lived in the cottage which previously stood here. On 16th February 1818 Rev. Daniel Davies was granted a license to marry Mary Jones, daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth Jones of Nantyferwig and Bridgetfach. Rev. Daniel Davies owned shares in the following Cardigan ships: ‘Phoenix’, 54 tons (1825); ‘Valiant’,...
Read more →Site Name: No. 42 PENDRE; WELSH STORES. History: In 1834 No. 42 was marked on John Wood’s Map of Cardigan as the property of Mrs. Griffiths. In 1851-68 Evan Felix lived and traded here. In 1851 the occupants were: Evan Felix, 27, butcher; Phoebe Felix, 28, his wife; James Felix, 4, their son; and...
Read more →History: The School Board was founded on 9th December 1870. Tenders were sought for building a school and master’s house here on 26th March 1873. The architect was John Thomas of Llechryd and the builder was Griffith Jones of Greenfield Row. The work cost £1700. The school opened the following year, though work was...
Read more →Site Name: No. 37 PENDRE. History: On 10th December 1840 Philip John Miles of the Priory leased the site to Evan Evans, Governor of the Cardigan County Gaol, for 99 years at £2 per annum, who demolished the pair of old cottages which formerly stood here and built the present building and No. 38...
Read more →Site Name: No. 35 PENDRE. History: In 1841-81 John Davies lived here. In 1841 the following persons lived here: John Davies, 50, shipwright; Elizabeth Davies, 45, his wife; Ann Davies, 15, their daughter; Elizabeth Davies, 12, daughter; and John Davies, 6, son. In 1851 the following persons lived here: John Davies, 61, ship’s carpenter;...
Read more →History: In 1851-91 William Jenkins, mason, lived here. In 1851-1935 William Jenkins the younger lived here. In 1851 the occupiers were: William Jenkins, 43, grocer; Elinor Jenkins, 43, his wife; John Jenkins, 18, their son, cabinet-maker; David Jenkins, son, 16, mariner; Hannah Jenkins, daughter, 15; Margaret Jenkins, daughter, 13; Thomas Jenkins, son, 10; Elinor...
Read more →Site Name: No. 33 PENDRE; EMERALD HOUSE. History: In 1871 Henry Miles agent for London & Lancashire Insurance, lived here. In 1871 the following persons lived here: Henry Jones, 39, Customs Officer; Sophia Jones, 32, his wife; Elizabeth Jones, 12, their daughter; William H. Jones, 11, son; John H. Jones, 9, son; Christopher Jones,...
Read more →Site Name: No. 31 PENDRE. History: In 1871 the following persons lived here: William Evans, 63, omnibus guard, and his wife, Anne Evans, 68. By 15th March 1871 No. 31 was the Glass & Paper-hanging warehouse of Owen Beynon Evans. In 1878 Owen Beynon Evans became a Deacon of Capel Mair Congregational chapel, Feidrfair,...
Read more →History: A building here, the property of Philip John Miles, owner of the Priory estate, is marked on John Wood’s 1834 map of Cardigan. In 1871-84 John Jenkins lived here. In 1871 John Jenkins, 23, stone-mason, kept a shop and lived with his wife, Ann Jenkins, 30; Sophia Thomas, 5, his step-daughter; Anne Thomas,...
Read more →Site Name: No. 29 PENDRE; CLEVEDON. History: A building on this site is marked on John Wood’s 1834 map of Cardigan as the property of Philip John Miles, owner of the Priory estate. In 1861 the following persons lived here: John Evans, 27, rope-maker; Benjamin Evans, 23, his brother; Elizabeth Evans, 36, sister; and...
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