1884

  • J R Griffiths, Board School headmaster
  • Football Club members: Arthur Clougher, T. Lloyd Davie, T. W. Davies, E. Edwards, E. R. Evans, G. Finch, G. Griffiths, D. Jones, D. Lewis, W. Miles, J. Mitchell, A. Smith, James Stephens, W. H. Storey.
  • 7/2 Miles Charity Trust set up
  • May Board School Headmaster resigned and replaced by Wm. Picton
  • Death of J R Daniel, deacon Capel Mair.
  • Snow Flake Minstrel Troupe performed
  • July David James appointed as Town Crier.
  • 4/9 New wheels on the cannon!
  • 4/9 Priory Estate sale
  • Oct Crown Inn reopened. D Jenkins prop.
  • November Elections: O. Beynon 251; Benjamin Rees 181; Joseph Rees 203; Robert E. Rees 233; Jacob Trollop 291; W. C. Wilson 291. R D Jenkins mayor for the 14th time.
  • R E Rees moved his grocer’s shop to Tymawr?

Burials in the town cemetery:

  • BB08 Evan Lewis EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 4 Church St, 5 Jan 1884, 3m, son of John (mason) & Mary
  • C02 Jane LEWIS, Cardigan, St Mary St, 19 Jan 1884, 77, widow
  • BB09 Joseph HOLT, Llechryd & Cardigan, Pwllhai, 3 Feb 1884, 36, clog maker
  • EE08 John THOMAS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Pontycleifion, 5 Feb 1884, 79, shoemaker
  • AA03 John DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Stanley House, 27 Mar 1884, 33, solicitor
  • NE09 Thomas JONES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Bath House, 30 Apr 1884, 37, farm bailiff
  • NB09 John Rowland DANIEL, Cardigan, 12 St Mary St, 5 May 1884, 52, house furnisher
  • D01 David JAMES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, High St, 6 May 1884, 63, draper
  • NEE10 Mary WHITEHEAD, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Carriers Lane, 14 May 1884, 80, widow
  • NE08 Isaac THOMAS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Pontycleifion, 8 Jul 1884, 53, mariner
  • NE07 Thomas James MORRIS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Market Square, 7 Aug 1884, 2, son of William (fitter) & Ellen
  • NEE09 John JONES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 13 North Gate Terr, 24 Aug 1884, 29, Solicitor’s Articled Clerk
  • NE13 Ellen DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 27 Upper Mwldan, 24 Sep 1884, 50, spinster
  • BB05 Elizabeth WILSON, Cardigan, St Mary St, 21 Oct 1884, 78
  • SDD07 William DAVIES, Cardigan, Mwldan; Liverpool Infirmary, (LAN), 18 Nov 1884, 56, mariner
  • BB06 Anne EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, North Gate Terr, 4 Dec 1884, 37, wife of Henry (printer)
  • SA05 Mary REES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Greenfield Row, 11 Dec 1884, 76, widow
  • BB09 Maud HORTON, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Llynyfelyn, 22 Dec 1884, 18m, daughter of Charles & Maria
  • SDD08 Margaret Elizabeth GRIFFITHS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 22 Dec 1884, 11w, daughter of Benjamin (Cabinet Maker) & Elizabeth
  • SDD08 Elizabeth GRIFFITHS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 29 Dec 1884, 25, wife of Benjamin (Cabinet Maker)