A Pint of History Please

Exploring the History of Ceredigion's Pubs

Details of place: Cardigan / Aberteifi

County: Ceredigion
OS Grid Ref: SN178462 = 52.08409488453, -4.6605616402323
Type of place: Town
Notes: An odd problem is that many of the pubs in existence in Cardigan are not marked on the OS maps of the late 19th century, so precise locations are sometimes uncertain.

As with so many places, excessive drink was a problem, particularly when compounded with nearby water: from the Welshman 19 March 1847 "FATAL ACCIDENT FROM INTOXICATION.—On Tuesday night last, a fatal accident happened to a man named John Wigley, a carpenter, residing in Cardigan. The deceased on Tuesday evening, had been drinking very freely, and left the public-house much intoxicated. The following morning his hat was seen floating in the river, and some hours afterwards the body was found near Cardigan Bridge. A Jury has been summoned to hold an inquest, when the cause of death will be fully investigated."

Places associated with this place

Pubs in this place
Albion , Market Lane, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Ancient Briton , Bridge Street, Cardigan, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Angel Hotel , 36 St Mary Street, Cardigan
Angel Inn , 12 Pendre , Cardigan
Ann John , Pendre, Cardigan
Bear Inn , 22 Pwllhai, Cardigan
Bell , 4 Pendre, Cardigan
Belle Vue Hotel , 29 St Mary's Street, Cardigan
Black Bull , Mary Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Black Horse , 13 Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Black Horse 2 , Cardigan
Black Lion Hotel , 29 High Street, Cardigan
Blue Anchor , Mwldan, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Blue Bell , Pwllhai, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Blue Bell , St Mary's Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Boadicea Wine and Spirit Vaults , Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Bridge End Arms , Bridgend, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Brynbwa Arms , 45 Castle Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Bunch of Grapes , Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Butchers Arms , Various locations, Cardigan
Cambrian Inn , 1 Cambrian Quay, Cardigan
Cardigan Arms , 1 College Row, Cardigan
Cardigan Bay , Mwldan, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Carpenters Arms , Market Lane, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Castle , Old Market Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Castle Arms , 2 Green Street, Cardigan
Castle Arms 2 , Castle Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Castle Inn , Castle Street, Bridgend, Cardigan
Castle Inn , Market Lane, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Castle Inn 3 , 2 High Street, Cardigan
Cellar Bar , 24-26 Quay Street, Cardigan
Chambers Wine Bar , Ty Mawr, High Street, Cardigan
Coach and Horses , Rhydyfuwch, Cardigan
Commercial , Quay Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Commercial Hotel , 50 Pendre, Cardigan
Crown Inn , 24 Quay Street, Cardigan
Crown and Anchor , Quay Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Davies' Inn , Bridge Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Dolphin , Mwldan, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Drawbridge Inn , Lower/Middle Mwldan, Cardigan
Eagle , Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Eagle Inn , Bridgend/Castle Street, Cardigan
Emlyn Arms , 6 Pendre, Cardigan
Farmers Arms , 21 Castle Street, Cardigan
Farmers Arms , Bridgend, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Farmers Arms , Market Lane, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Farmers Arms , North Road / 17 Catherine Row, Cardigan
Farmers Arms , Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Fat Ox Hotel , 2 Pendre, Cardigan
Feathers , Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Fishguard Arms , 25 Castle Street, Cardigan
General Picton , 4 Bridge Parade, Cardigan
Globe , 10 William Street, Cardigan
Gloucester House , Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Golden Lion , Chancery Lane, Cardigan
Gomer , Market Lane, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Greyhound , St Mary Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Grosvenor Hotel , Bridge Street, Cardigan
Half Moon , 1 Green Street, Cardigan
Hannah Davies , Greenfield Street, Cardigan
Hannah Wigley , Strand, Cardigan
Hope and Anchor , 51 Pendre, Cardigan
Hope and Anchor 2 , 3 Castle Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Ivy Bush Inn , 20 High Street , Cardigan
Joiners Arms , Bridgend, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Jolly Sailor , Short Row, Cardigan
Joseph Prosser , 24 Upper Mwldan, Cardigan
Kings Head , 15 High Street, Cardigan
Lamb Inn , Finch's Square, Cardigan
Liverpool Arms , 6 Bridge Parade, Cardigan
Market House Inn (Ben Davies) , near the Market House?, Cardigan
Mary Esau , Greenfield Square/Mwldan, Cardigan
Masons Arms , North Road, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Nags Head , Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
New Inn , 27 William Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Newport Arms , Castle Street, Bridgend, Llantood?, Cardigan
Noyadd Arms , 53 Pendre, Cardigan
Noyaddwilyn Arms , Feidrfair, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Pelican , High Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Pelican 2 , Pwllhai, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Pelican 3 , 6 St Mary Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Pelican 4 , 28 St Mary Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Pelican Inn , Bridgend, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Plasterers Arms , 41 Mwldan, Cardigan
Plough , 61 Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Prince of Wales , 31 High Street, Cardigan
Pritchard Arms , North Road, 23 Catherine Row, Cardigan
Queens Head , 22 Pendre, Cardigan
Queens Hotel , 3 High Street, Cardigan
Railway Tavern , 6 Castle Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Red Cow Inn , 14 or 15 High Street, Cardigan
Red Lion , Pwllhai/St Mary's Street, Cardigan
Rose and Crown , Quay Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Royal Arms , Pwllhai, Cardigan
Royal Oak Inn , 11 Quay Street, Cardigan
Saddlers Arms , 22 High Street, Cardigan
Sailors Home , 4 Pendre, Cardigan
Sambrooks , Bridge St, Cardigan
Sarah Griffiths , Cardigan
Sarah Wilson , Quay Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Ship Inn , 1 Pendre, Cardigan
Ship and Castle , 49 St Mary Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Ship on Launch , 19 Pendre, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Shipwright Arms , 23 Castle Street, Cardigan
Square and Compasses , 24 Castle Street, Bridgend, Cardigan
Step Inn , King's Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Swan Inn , 4 Chancery Lane, Cardigan
Teifi-side Inn , 4 Castle Street, Cardigan
Three Cranes , 42 High Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Three Horseshoes , Greenfield Square, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Three Mariners , 40 High Street, Cardigan
Towyn Arms , Mwldan, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
Victoria Coffee Tavern , Priory Street, Cardigan
Victoria Inn , 20 Catherine Row, Cardigan
Volk's Family and Commercial Temperance Hotel , 10 Castle Street, St Dogmaels
Volunteer Arms , Pontycleifon, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
White Hart Inn , 11 St Mary Street, Cardigan
White Horse , 2/3 Chancery Lane, Cardigan
White Lion , 12 Castle Street, Cardigan
White Lion 2 , Bridgend, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)
White Lion 3 , 34 High Street, Cardigan (exact location uncertain)

Total: 140

Additional information


People associated with this place
Band of Hope, Cardigan St Marys, [-]
Breeze, John Donald [1843-1907]
Cardigan Temperance Association, [-]
Harries, Ebenezer [1819-]
Lewis, Thomas [-]
Old Swansea Brewery Company, [-]
Stephens, Mary [-]
Thomas, John [1869-]
Thomas, Martha [c.1850-1901]
Williams, John James [-]

Total: 10