On 13th August 1574 the “…tenement and lands…”of Tythen Aberdare, then in the tenure of Howell David John and said to be in Ferwig parish, was the subject of a £20 mortgage to Rees ap Morgan ap Owen of Richardston, Pembrokeshire, from Owen ap Rees Phellip of Crugbychan, Ferwig. The witnesses of the document...
Read more →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 →A castle was built at “Cenarth Bychan “, probably this site, by Gerald de Windsor, the Earl of Pembroke, in 1108: “…and he fortified it with ditches and walls and thought to place there for safe keeping his wife and sons and his wealth and all his valuables…” In 1109 Owain ap Cadwgan abducted...
Read more →Timeline: 1113 – Robert fitz Martin, Lord of Cemais, founded a Priory “…near the ancient cell of St. Dogmael…” He brought thirteen monks from Tiron in Normandy for that purpose. The reformed Benedictine Order of Tiron was founded that year by St. Bernard of Abbeville. 1118 – Robert fitz Martin brought another thirteen monks...
Read more →The chapel congregation was founded in 1796. A 99-year lease of the land on which the chapel stands was obtained from Mr. Williams of Trecefn. The chapel was built in 1808. In 1811 when the Methodists separated from the Anglican Church, Ebenezer Morris effectively became the first Minister. On 15th August 1825 Ebenezer Morris...
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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