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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.
Ynys Môn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌənɨs ˈmoːn]; officially called Anglesey until 1983) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The island is believed to have gained its name from a factory on the island which processed sea water in order to extract sea salt. [1]The Stanley Sailors' Hospital was set up in 1871 [2] by public subscription and initially only treated sailors although it quickly became a general hospital.
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.
Like the rest of Anglesey, owing to its exposed location in the Irish Sea, surfing is popular. Many people staying on Holy Island do so short term whilst waiting for the ferries to Dublin Port . As such the largest hotels ( Travelodge and Premier Inn ) are located close to the A5/A55 roads.
Beaumaris (/ b oʊ ˈ m ær ɪ s, b j uː-/; [1] Welsh: Biwmares Welsh pronunciation: [bɪuˈmaːrɛs] ⓘ) [citation needed] is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the coast of North ...