1886

J. P. Baillie took over the Cardigan Engineering Company

May First Cymanfa Ganu was held at Bethania Chapel

31/8 RAILWAY officially opened.

3/9 Gwalia moved from 14/15 High St (Lloyd’s Bank).

325 vessels entered port, 4 foreign

Burials in the town cemetery:

• F10 Albert Joseph BRYCE, Cardigan, St Mary’s, William St, 18 Jan 1886, 7, son of John Albert (Drill Instructor)
• NDD06 Elizabeth JONES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, William St, 18 Feb 1886, 70, wife of D Jones (saddler)
• F08 Mary Catherine GEORGE, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 33 Drawbridge, 10 Mar 1886, 9m, daughter of David (mariner) & Hannah
• NE05 Louiza Jane WEBB, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Bridge St, 22 Mar 1886, 23, spinster
• NEE10 Eleanor ROWLANDS, Cardigan, St Mary’s Lane; Cardigan Union Workhouse, 14 Apr 1886, 65, spinster
• NEE06 David Joshua , EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, William St, 8 Jun 1886, 27, auctioneer
• SD05 James WIGLEY, Cardigan, Lower Mwldan; Carmarthen Joint Counties Asylum, (CMN), 13 Jun 1886, 41, sailmaker
• NF09 Sarah Phebe EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 13 Catherine Row, 20 Jul 1886, 6, daughter of Griffith (mariner)
• NDD09 David JONES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Bathhouse, 25 Oct 1886, 28, solicitors clerk
• NB08 Martha DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, High St, 6 Dec 1886, 54, widow of O P Davies (draper)
• NGG12 Anne JENKINS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Lower Mwldan, 14 Dec 1886, 35, wife of Ebenezer (mariner)
• EE13 Sarah Jane MORRIS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, North Gate Terr, 16 Dec 1886, 5m, daughter of John (mason)