Site Name: No. 59 PENDRE; MEDICAL HALL; BERLIN HOUSE; GLASGOW HOUSE. History: In 1848 Glasgow House was occupied by S. J. Evans, timber merchant, and his unmarried sisters the Misses Margaret & Bessie Evans. In 1851-76 Margaret Evans kept a grocer’s shop here. In 1851 the building was occupied by Margaret Evans, 54, grocer...
Read more →History: In 1834 the property was marked on John Wood’s map of Cardigan as belonging to C. A. Pritchard. Circa 1850 Mr. D. Thomas, ironmonger & grocer, traded here – the father of Dr. John Thomas. On 19th March 1860 surgeon John Thomas of Pendre joined the newly-formed Cardigan Company of Rifle Volunteers. In...
Read more →History: The present building was erected by Dr. Thomas George Nugent. In 1808-44 Thomas George Nugent lived here. On 2nd October 1808 Thomas George Nugent married Jane Lloyd of Cardigan. On 16th October 1809 Thomas G. Nugent, surgeon, became a burgess of Cardigan. In 1811 Thomas George Nugent and his wife Jane Nugent lived...
Read more →History: On 13th May 1809 David Powell Lucas became a burgess of Cardigan. He may already have been living here by that date. In 1834 No. 55 is shown on John Wood’s Map of Cardigan as the property of T. Amlot. In 1835-42 David Powell Lucas of No. 55, was a burgess of the...
Read more →History: On 23rd February 1830 Hannah Edwards, daughter of sail-maker William Edwards, died aged 18 months. In 1831 there was a schoolroom kept by Mr. Morris here at the premises of William Edwards, sail-maker. William Edwards traded here in 1831-55. In 1833 David Edwards was born here. A building here is marked on John...
Read more →Site Name: No. 53 PENDRE; BRADFORD HOUSE; ‘ROYAL STORES’; ‘NOYADD ARMS’. History: In 1841-61 Letitia Davies (“Lettice Fawr”) lived here. In 1841-68 Ann Davies lived here. In 1841-77 Esther Davies (later Griffiths) lived here. In 1841 the following persons lived here: David Davies, 55, mariner; Lettice Davies, 45, his wife; Jane Davies, 20, their...
Read more →Site Name: No. 52 PENDRE; THE CLOTHING MART. History: No. 52 is shown on John Wood’s 1834 Map of Cardigan as the property of Major Bowen. In the 1850’s Joel Roberts briefly kept a shop here. In 1861 John Lewis, 26, grocer, kept a shop and lived here with his sister Elizabeth Lewis, 33,...
Read more →History: A building here is marked on John Wood’s Map of Cardigan of 1834. In 1835 Rachel Jones was the landlady. In 1838-56 this was the home of mariner and publican James Jones, a burgess of Cardigan. In 1841 Rachel Jones, 50, landlady, lived here with her daughters, Phoebe Jones, 15 and Hester Jones,...
Read more →Site Name: “COMMERCIAL HOTEL”; “BOUDICEA”, No. 50 PENDRE. History: In 1834 the building was marked on John Wood’s Map of Cardigan as the property of Elizabeth Evans. In 1837-65 Captain David Evans lived here. In 1837 Captain David Evans, was the master and part-owner of the 106 ton Cardigan ship ‘Confidence’. In 1838 David...
Read more →Site Name: No. 49 PENDRE; COMMERCE HOUSE. History: In 1834 No. 49 was marked on John Wood’s Map of Cardigan as belonging to William Jones. In 1850-59 this was the “Commercial Hotel”. In 1861 Mary Davies, 30, sailor’s wife, probably lived here with David Davies, 6, her son; Elinor Davies, 3, daughter; and Benjamin...
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