It's likely that much of the material on this site is of interest only to dedicated family and local historians: lists of chapel members do not make exciting reading!

However, there is also material here for the casual visitor, hidden amongst the piles of dust! Many of the documents give fascinating details of the everyday lives of the people who lived here, what they thought and how they felt.

The list below includes some of our favourite pages:

• The Schoolmaster's problems...
  Some extracts from the school logbook.
• To my wife I leave...
  The Will and list of property of Richard John Griffith Evan, died 1726.
• The Traveller's tale...
  The tribulations of a traveller in 1796.
• Votes for Women! (and for Men too)...
  The list of electors in 1861.
• "You are an habitual criminal..."
  Criminal trials at the Quarter Sessions.
• Bread and water...
  The diet of prisoners in Cardigan Gaol, 1850
• Please Sir, I want some more...
  The official recipe for Workhouse Gruel and some other delicacies, 1884.
• ...stop writing now.
  Cardiganshire scholarship exam, 1922.
• My Squirrel.
  A delightful little story by "Gwynfryn".
• The Druids in Britain.
  Part of a very strange 'history' book, published in 1857.
• ...very offensive to the inhabitants.
  Sanitary Inspector's report 1873.
• Parish map
  A map of the parish in 1829.
• Wanted Notice from the "Sun" for Thomas Thomas following his escape from jail, 1800. 
• Traditional courting customs as described in court.