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The Feathers History A Bit of Local Colour What’s behind the name The Feathers Royal? You might guess it’s in tribute to the Prince of Wales, the C19th dandy who later became George IV, and whose symbol was the three feathers. But you'd be wrong! The Story of Aberaeron This unique little harbour town at the mouth of the river Aeron is surely the jewel of the Cardigan Bay coast. Conceived in 1807 and built largely as a single development, Aberaeron recently celebrated its bicentenary year. The founder was the eccentric Revd Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne, “Lord of the Manor of Abereyron”, who, with architect Edward Haycock, turned a small fishing village into a thriving sea port, mainly for the wool trade. Aberaeron soon became a busy hub for farmers' markets and commercial traffic of all kinds. Many of the brightly painted houses, so typical of the Regency period, belonged to local sea-captains and are named after their far-flung destinations. Within a hundred years of its founding, however, trade died out thanks to the coming of the railways, which carried British goods to deeper-water ports like Liverpool and Cardiff.. More information from: Aberaeron History
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