History: Part of a pair with No. 10 High Street, the building is shown on J. Wood’s 1834 map of Cardigan, possibly the property of Thomas Morgan. In 1844 William Thomas Lewis, tailor, traded here. In 1846 Louisa J. Lewis was born here. In 1848 William B. Lewis was born here. In 1850 Maria...
Read more →History: No. 4 was erected in the C18. In 1821-44 Morgan Jenkins, draper, lived and traded here. Morgan Jenkins owned shares in the following Cardigan ships: ‘Mary’, 68 tons (1825), ‘Gleaner’, 97 tons (1825-36); ‘Velox’, 48 tons (1829-43); “Emerald”, 49 tons (1836); “Shannon”, 99 tons (1836); “Jane”, 97 tons (1838); “Sincerity”, 59 tons (1840);...
Read more →History: Two houses occupied the site by the late C16. The southerly one was rented out on 14th December 1566 by Gruffydd ap Jenkins ap Res Heire of Cardigan, carpenter, to Fraunces Weilshe of Cardigan, merchant. Philip David, smith, who had leased it from Jenkin ap Res Heire, had formerly occupied it. An annual...
Read more →CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY. (Lost). A parish church was probably established on the site circa 1110. Before 1158, and possibly as late as 1487 this lost church, on the site of the present Shire Hall, was the parish church of Cardigan. In 1165 Lord Rhys granted it to Chertsey Abbey, along with a...
Read more →History: The name means ‘Castle House’. In 1828-55 Joshua Morgan Thomas, grocer & draper, son of the Rev. Timothy Thomas of Aberduar, lived and traded here. His brother was another Rev. Timothy Thomas of Newcastle Emlyn. Prior to coming to Cardigan, he had kept a school at Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. From 1827-32 Joshua Morgan Thomas,...
Read more →History: The property was built ca1800 as one of a pair with No. 1. It is marked on J. Wood’s 1834 map of Cardigan, the property of E. P. Lloyd. On 13th March 1836 John Thomas, son of Benjamin Thomas, mason, and Mary Thomas of No. 2, was christened at St. Mary’s Church. In...
Read more →History: The cottage is believed to have been built c. 1800 as one of a pair with No. 2. It is marked on J. Wood’s 1834 map, possibly the property of T. L. Lloyd. In 1835-38 Griffith Jenkins was the publican. In 1841 Anne Davies, 35, William Davies, 14, John Davies, 7 and David...
Read more →History: The chapel was founded in 1803, replacing a meeting room in a house on Pwllhai used from 1792 by Rev. John Phillips of Moylegrove, and the congregation that met in a loft at No. 39 St. Mary Street. The land was given by David Davies, merchant. Rev. Daniel Davies, the first Minister here...
Read more →History: The house may have been built before 1825 for Patrick Brown, merchant & banker, a burgess of Cardigan since 20th April 1812. The architect was probably Daniel Evans, or possibly his father, David Evans. It was originally named ‘Tintern Cottage’. In 1825-47 Patrick Brown lived here. Patrick Brown owned shares in the following...
Read more →History: Ca. 1836 Thomas Lloyd came to Cardigan to establish a Foundry on the Mwldan with English-speaking Nonconformist workers from Pembrokeshire. He resolved to establish an English Nonconformist Chapel in the town. The Chapel book from 1887 records: “…In 1836 Mr. Thomas Lloyd settled in Cardigan as an Ironmonger. He as well established a...
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