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The story of the town of Holyhead in Anglesey, from its origins as a 6th century monastic settlement, to a small port and fishing village. Its importance and growth as a port and town owed much to its strategic position on the route between Dublin and London.
The town is now a port of call for cruise liners, and surrounding areas merit exploration
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The story of the town of Conwy in North Wales, from its origin as a monastery founded in an uninhabited location to the present day.
Edward I saw the strategic potential of the location, as it controlled the estuary of the Conwy river, so founded a castle, with its associated English settlement.
The colorful story includes the betrayal of Richard II, the audacious hijacking of the castle on April Fool's Day 1401, and a Royalist Archbishop who helped...
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The history of the town of Beaumaris in Anglesey from its origins as an English settlement and castle. As the county town for Anglesey, it was a great centre for justice, administration, education and of society in general, as well as an important sea port. Nowadays it is a small tourist resort but has a rich and varied history
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The history of the town of Amlwch in northern Anglesey, which in the wake of the discovery of large deposits of copper on Parys Mountain in the 1760s, became a flourishing industrial center and a busy port, with the associated prosperity and social problems. The cultural, religious and educational life is also covered.
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The village of Newborough has a rich history, which includes the ruins of a medieval princely residence and the shrine of the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine. In the 16th century it enjoyed a brief spell as the county town, a status which later attracted whispers of political influence by a foreign power, and by the 18th century it was involved in a political wrangling with its rival, Beaumaris. The growing of marram grass to prevent the engulfing...
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Revivals of religion have been a feature of Welsh history from the mid 18th century until 1905, starting with the influence of the early Methodists (originally an Evangelical movement within the Anglican church), although Caernarfonshire, unlike Anglesey, had some remnants of Puritan influence.
This book traces the origins of revivals in one Welsh county and looks at some of the personalities and phenomena associated with these outpourings of God's...
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