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See also:CARDIGAN (Aberteifi) , a seaport, See also:market-See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and the See also:county town of See also:Cardiganshire, See also:Wales, picturesquely situated on the right See also:bank of the Teifi about 3 M. above its mouth. Pop. (1901) 3511. It is connected by an See also:ancient See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge with the suburb of See also:Bridgend on the See also:southern or See also:Pembroke bank of the See also:river. It is the terminal station of the Whitland-Cardigan See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Owing to the See also:bar at the See also:estuary of the Teifi, the See also:shipping See also:trade is inconsiderable, but there are See also:brick-See also:works and foundries in the town; and as the centre of a large agricultural See also:district, Cardigan market is well attended. There is a curious See also:local See also:custom of mixing " See also:culm," a See also:compound of See also:clay and small See also:coal, in the streets. The town has for the most See also:part a modem and prosperous See also:appearance. Two bastions with some of the See also:curtain See also:wall of the ancient See also:castle remain, whilst the dwelling-See also:house known as Castle See also:Green contains part of a See also:drum See also:tower, and some vaulted See also:chambers of the 13th See also:century. The See also:chancel of the Priory See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is an interesting specimen of See also:early Perpendicular See also:work, and the elaborate See also:tracery of its See also:fine See also:east window contains some fragments of ancient stained See also:glass. It is the only existing portion of a See also:Benedictine house which was originally founded by See also:Prince Rhys ap See also:Griffith in the 12th century.
Although a See also:Celtic See also:settlement doubtless existed near the mouth of the Teifi from an early See also:period, it was not until See also:Norman times that Cardigan became a See also:place of importance. Its castle was first erected by See also:Roger de See also:Montgomery about the See also:year See also:row, and throughout the 12th and 13th centuries this stronghold of Cardigan played no small part in the See also:constant warfare between Welsh and See also:English, either See also:side from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time gaining See also:possession of the castle and the small town dependent on it. In 1136 the English See also:army under Randolf, See also:earl of See also:Chester, was severely defeated by the Welsh at Crug Mawr, now called Bank-y-See also:Warren, a rounded See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 2 M. See also:north-east of the town. During the latter part of the 12th century the castle became the See also:residence of Rhys ap Griffith, prince and See also:justiciar of See also:South Wales (d. 1196), who kept considerable See also:state within its walls, and entertained here in 1188 See also:Archbishop See also:Baldwin and Giraldus Cambrensis during their See also:preaching of the Third Crusade. In 1284 See also:Edward I. spent a See also:month in the castle, settling the affairs of South Wales. This famous See also:pile was finally taken and destroyed by the Parliamentarian See also:Major-See also:General Laugharne in 1645. The lordship, castle and town of Cardigan formed part of the See also:dower bestowed on See also:Queen See also:Catherine of See also:Aragon by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VII. Henry VIII.'s See also:charter of 1542 confirmed earlier privileges granted by Edward I. and other monarchs, and provided for the See also:government of the town by a duly elected See also:mayor, two bailiffs and a See also:coroner. In ;887 the assizes and See also:quarter sessions were removed hence to
See also:Lampeter, which has a more central position in the county. Cardigan was declared a See also:parliamentary borough in 1536, but in 1885 its See also:representation was merged in that of the county.
End of Article: CARDIGAN (Aberteifi)
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