1896

1896–7 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL built. By George Morgan & son. Cost £2, 799
Revd J. G. Moelwyn Hughes, MA PhD becomes minister of Tabernacle. (until 1911?)
January Mechanics Institute in decline
May Shire Hall used as Bonded Stores
10 September Dr Daniel Rees headmaster of the Grammar School
November ELECTION: Arthur Clougher; D. Ivor Evans; Dan Evans; E. Ceredig Evans;
Mayor W J Williams
12 Dec death of Revd Griffith Davies, Tabernacle, 65 years old.

Burials in the town cemetery:

  • EE15 John WESTON, Cardigan, St Mary’s, 5 Market Lane, 27 Jan 1896, 75, hall keeper
  • SE05 Joseph PROSSER, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Mwldan, 7 Feb 1896, 81
  • SC05 William WILLIAMS, St Dogmells, Bridge End, Ridgeway, 16 Feb 1896, 56, labourer
  • NC15 John EVANS, Cardigan, St Mary’s Terr, 17 Feb 1896, 57, mason
  • NFF06 Morgan MILES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Catherine Row, 27 Feb 1896, 38
  • NDD17 William JONES, Cardigan, St Mary St, 1 Mar 1896, 34, compositor
  • NC17 Anne Mary MORRIS, Cardigan, St Mary St, 30 Mar 1896, 5m, daughter of John William (Railway Porter)
  • BB14 Martha PRICE, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Mwldan, 5 Apr 1896, 32, wife of James (pedlar)
  • HH19 Laura Sophia LOWTHER, Cardigan, St Mary St, 10 Apr 1896, 23, spinster
  • BB14 Martha Jane PRICE, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Mwldan, 11 Apr 1896, 2, daughter of James (pedlar)
  • C06  Margaret MORRIS, St Dogmells, Longdown Bank, (PEM), 13 Apr 1896, 68
  • NE16 Evan JEREMIAH, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Mwldan, 24 May 1896, 27, labourer
  • BB05 James WILSON, Cardigan, St Mary’s, The Strand, 5 Aug 1896, 95, ostler
  • BB15 Edward JENKINS, St Dogmells, Cardigan Workhouse, 8 Aug 1896, 38, labourer
  • NC07 Annie THOMAS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Paris House, 28 Aug 1896, 31, milliner
  • SD11 Elizabeth MORGAN, Cardigan, St Mary’s, William St, 29 Sep 1896, 48, widow
  • ND05 Daniel DAVIES, Cardigan, St Mary’s, North Gate Terr, 23 Oct 1896, 76, carpenter
  • BB15 Annie THOMPSON, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Upper Mwldan, 10 Nov 1896, 38, on tramp
  • NC13 Harriet JONES, Cardigan, St Mary St, 21 Nov 1896, 90, widow of Owen (tinker)
  • SD05 Martha Elizabeth WIGLEY, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 14 Dec 1896, 19, spinster
  • NEE13 Elizabeth WILLIAMS, Cardigan, Market Lane; Union Workhouse, 17 Dec 1896, 79, widow
  • NE14 Thomas MORGAN, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Quay St, 18 Dec 1896, 17, labourer
  • SC18 Mary WILLIAMS, Cardigan, St Mary’s, Fort Cox, 29 Dec 1896, 24, innkeeper