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Anglesey (/ ˈ æ ŋ ɡ əl s iː /; Welsh: Ynys Môn [ˈənɨs ˈmoːn]) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey , which also includes Holy Island ( Ynys Gybi ) and some islets and skerries . [ 4 ]
Anglesey is an island and county off the north coast of Wales, one of the unitary authority areas of Wales, and was also one of the pre-1974 counties of Wales. This category contains locations on, or related to Anglesey.
The geology of Anglesey, the largest (714 km 2) island in Wales is some of the most complex in the country. Anglesey has relatively low relief, the 'grain' of which runs northeast–southwest, i.e. ridge and valley features extend in that direction reflecting not only the trend of the late Precambrian and Palaeozoic age bedrock geology but also the direction in which glacial ice traversed and ...
Llaingoch; Llanallgo; Llanbabo; Llanbadrig; Llanbedrgoch; Llanbeulan; Llanddaniel; Llanddeusant; Llanddona; Llanddwyn; Llandegfan; Llandrygarn; Llandyfrydog; Llandysilio
Around the year 1489, during the reign of Henry VII of England, the county of Anglesey's court sessions were moved to the town after 250 years in Beaumaris Castle, thus giving Newborough a member of parliament and making it the county town of Anglesey. Then in 1550, the main court of Anglesey and all related county business was returned to ...
The pre-1996 borough of Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey was reconstituted as a county, and so gained administrative independence from Gwynedd. [8] Unlike in 1974, the 1994 Act gave separate English and Welsh names for each principal area, specifying that the new county was to be named "Anglesey" in English and "Sir Fôn" in Welsh.
The Skerries (Welsh: Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid) (grid reference), coming from the Old Norse word sker, are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets , with a total area of about 17 hectares (42 acres) lying 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) offshore from Carmel Head at the northwest corner of Anglesey, Wales. The islands are important as a breeding site for ...
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