1883 – Cardigan through the ages

01/03/1883 R F Gower, Castle Malgwyn cut first sod (Railway) at Crymych.
03/03/1883 Mrs Robert E Rees, mayoress cut 1st sod (Railway) at Cardigan. Another banquet at Black Lion. 70 guests
July Mwldan Ragged School established by Rev D. Williams, Caersws [originally from the Mwldan]
3/8 Victoria Coffee Tavern opened in Priory St
Sept Telephone lines built
November Elections: William James 184; Revd W. Jones 305; John Lewis 161; J. W. Meyler 206; Dr J. M. Phillips 312; W. C. Wilson 167
Harry Sims & Co. 1 week at Guildhall ‘East Lynne’, ‘Nobody’s Child’, ‘Leah the Jewish Maiden’, ‘Wages of Sin’
Death of Joseph Rees, chemist

Burials in the town cemetery:

SDD08 David DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 5 Mar 1883, 17, son of David & Margaret, tailor
SDD09 Martha GRIFFITHS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, High St, 20 Mar 1883, 60, spinster
SDD07 Margaret DAVIES, Cardigan, 22 Quay St, 11 Apr 1883, 57, widow of William
HH20 William LOWTHER, Cardigan, St Mary St, 11 Apr 1883, 68, gentleman
SDD06 Mary Anne MILES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 1 Greenfield Sq, 26 Apr 1883, 26, wife of David (mariner)
EE09 Hannah Elizabeth WALTERS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, The Strand, 2 May 1883, 5, daughter of Dd P & Elizabeth
SA07 Hannah PHILLIPS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 1 Albion Terr, 11 Jun 1883, 79, widow
SA10 Elizabeth DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Pendre, 27 Jul 1883, 77, confectioner
NB08 Owen Picton DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, High St, 25 Sep 1883, 59, draper