History: A petition was completed on 23rd January 1647 from the burgesses of the town, calling for the provision of a free school for Cardigan. It stated that: “…There is no free school within forty miles, and the inhabitants are so poor that they are not able to have their children educated in any...
Read more →History – The Cardigan Poor Law Union was formed in 1837. In April 1837 Daniel Evans, architect, produced plans and estimates for building and decoration here. Though not yet begun, the workhouse is nevertheless marked on the 1838 Tithe Map. In 1839 work commenced on the building by William Owen of Haverfordwest, probably to...
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 →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...
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