KINGSBRIDGE CAMP, LLANFAES
Kingsbridge was named after the stone bridge that a nearby stream.

1891 - 5th April; Census shows John Meigh 49, born Fillongley, a Sergeant with the Royal Engineers, living at Camp Field Llanfaes. His wife Mary Ann Meigh was 39 and described as a retired laundress. She was born in Montreal, North America. John's stepson William Harin was 11, born Old Brompton, Kent and the couple had two sons, Albert John Meigh 3 also born Old Brompton and Alfred George Meigh 1, born Beaumaris. 

1901; Census shows William Joseph Bullen, 42, a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers living at Camp Field, Llanfaes. He was born in Chatham Kent. His wife Henrietta was 32, born in Woolwich. They had four children; William Alfred 9, born Cork, Ireland,  Reginald 7 and Hettie Ada 4 both born Chatham and Millicent 1 born locally in Beaumaris.

At nearby Henllys, resided the Hon. Colonel  Thomas Lewis Hampton Lewis, 66, R.A. R.E. Militia, born Llanfaes, with his wife Lettie Hampton Lewis, 51, born Llangwyllog and their 2 daughters Dorothy Lettice Hampton Lewis 20 born Llanfaes and Mary Gwendolen Hampton Lewis 25 born London. They employed eight domestic staff.

Thomas Lewis Hampton Lewis, born 1834, was educated at Sandhurst and  entered the Army in 1852. He served in the Crimean War, from 1854 to 1856, and was at Balaclava, Inkerman, Tchernaya and Sebastopol. In 1872 he married Lettice Martha, the second daughter of Henry Prichard of Trescawen, Anglesey. He died in 1912 having had issue, Mary Gwendolen Hampton, born 1875. Under the provisions of her father's will she resumed the surname Hampton alone.

1902: The camp site was chosen for a tented Summer Camp for the militia, which included infantry and the Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers. The latter were taught 'smithy work, carpentry, bridge building and musketry'.

1911; Kingsbridge Camp was used for training reservists as army engineers, all housed under canvas.

	Sallie Williams is pictured here in front of the Beaumaris Castle gates with a draft sending the soldiers out to France.

1914; Llanfaes; Outbreak of First World War, Kingsbridge Camp enlarged, permanent huts erected to accommodate 800 personnel instructed by the Royal Anglesey Engineers to build pontoon bridges, railways, stockades & wire entanglements & then drafted to France.

Soldiers with mule drawn wagons
Army lorry with thick wooden spokes, solid rubber tyres, lamps similar to those on horse drawn coaches. They had no doors or windscreens.

1914; Llanfaes; The Anglesey Volunteer Reserves were stationed at Kingsbridge camp, and guarded both the Britannia Bridge and the Menai Suspension Bridge as a precaution against the Irish troubles, which had threatened to flare up into civil war.

"Pulling Myself Together" by Arthur Haley  He mentions soldiers who were training at Kingsbridge Camp, Llanfaes, Anglesey 1917 "...I used to watch the men marching with little more than curiosity. Then one day in early September we knew that a large body of men were going to march past. They were being drafted to the front. It was evening and all the family were waiting to stand outside to wave goodbye. As soon as they left the camp we knew they were on their way. The strains of "Pack up your troubles in an old kit bag" played by the Regimental band came wafted on the breeze. As the leading column hove into view the song had changed "Keep the home fires burning While your hearts are yearning Though the boys are far away They dream of home There's a silver lining Through the dark clouds shining Turn the dark clouds inside out Till the boys come home..." How bravely they sang. How wildly we waved, right until the last man had disappeared round the bend in the road. In all the excitement I had seen mother trying vainly to smile. As we walked in the tears were coursing down her cheeks and I felt overawed by the contrasting silence that had fallen over all"

Group of WAACs, with Sallie Williams, top centre.
Sports day at Kingsbridge 1918.	I have made every effort to locate the owners of these Kingsbridge photos.  If you have any further information, please contact me

8709 Sapper Bernard W. Handley, A Depot Company, R. A. R. Engineers, Kingsbridge Camp, Beaumaris Anglesey. Christmas 1916. Bernard was the cartoonist who drew the following postcards featuring Officers based at Kingsbridge Camp
	Major T. Fanning Evans was from a well known Anglesey family, and had connections with Parys Mountain
	Colonel W.A. Yockney, according to cartoon artist Bernard W. Handley, was quite one of the best officers he had met. He has always a 'good morning' when coming to the drawing office for the sketch to be drawn. He has a terrible hate of the R. A. R. E. Band and is always off when he hears the drum beat. It was he who said at the opening of the YWCA, 'I'm afraid it's the leg on the other boot'.
Quite a good sort and of course potters about with the Colonel like a dog trotting with his master. Acts as a sort of general secretary for the Colonel and his chief duty seems to call out on General parade, 'All present, Sir''. He always walks about with his hands in his pockets and his pipe in his mouth. You would miss his pipe before his nose if either was missing.
Lieutenant H Reid was the officer in charge of Field Works. There is a poor cat in the small box by his feet.
Lieutenat R. W. B. Owens. Quite one of the most sporting officers of the R. A. R. E.. He was in a high position in the banking line and comes from Liverpool, living in Waterloo. He gets the wind up very quickly but after all is quite harmless and wouldn't do a cap a bad turn. He was very upset to find he generally stands with his toes turned in.
Lieutenat E. L. Roberts. A chief officer of the musketry business - the art of shooting Germans and generally guarding bridges with pieces of hot lead. He made an awful noise about his breeches but the Adjutant said that Bernard  W Handley hadn't drawn them half bad enough
	Lieutenant and Quarter Master A.E. Henderson. A very straightforward man who had always a pleasant word for everybody. He has most of the general supply of the camp to see to. Another point to note about Lieut Henderson is that he has rather a nice daughter.

1919; Early this year most of the troops were being demobbed or moved to other camps and German prisoners of war moved in. The North Wales Chronicle reported on June 20th that 'Fifty German prisoners of war are employed at the camp, filling trenches, etc. On Tuesday they marched through the streets of Beaumaris for exercise and their appearance created much interest'. 

1920; Llanfaes; Kingsbridge Camp was closed.

STEAMERS

REDUCED FARES to and from BEAUMARIS, BANGOR and MENAI BRIDGE THE PRINCE LLEWELYN Steam Packet Will leave Liverpool on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at half past nine o'clock, and return from Menai Bridge on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at nine. Apply at the St. George Steam Packet Offices, No. 21, Water Street, Liverpool, or Menai Bridge, or to Mr. Evans, Grocer, Bangor.  The above notice was circa 1828

RED FUNNEL STEAMERS will sail (weather and circumstances permiyying) LIVERPOOL TO NORTH WALES (Prince's Stage) every 2.30 p.m. Saturday, due back 7-45, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno 2/- return Every 11 a.m Sunday (4 hours ashore), due back 7.45 Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Beaumaris. 2/- return Monday (Bank Holiday), 7-45 a.m. (6 hours ashore) Due back 7-45 p.m. Colwyn Bay, Llandudno. 2/- return Caernarfon 3/- return

LIVERPOOL & NORTH WALES STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S FLEET Acquired Name Type Built Disposed 1891 Bonnie Princess Paddle 1882 1895 1891 St Tudno    Paddle 1891 1912 sold 1896 St Elvies Paddle 1896 1930 broken up 1899 Snowdon Paddle 1892 1931 broken up 1904  La Marguerite  Paddle   1894 1925 broken up 1907  St Elian  Paddle   1872 1914 broken up   1909 St Trillo  Paddle   1876 1921 sold   1914 St Seiriol  Twin-screw turbine   1914 1918 lost 1922 St Elian  Twin-screw 1919 1927 sold 1926 St Tudno Twin-screw turbine 1926 In use 1946 1931 St Seiriol Twin-screw turbine 1931 In use 1946 1936 St Trillo ex St Silio Motor Vessel 1936 In use 1946

La Marguerite

St Tudno

St Seiriol

St Trillo

Mr John Eric Roberts asks:
Having seen the 'photos of the St. Tudno and St. Trilio, can anybody remember these vessels which sailed from Llandudno Pier and along the Menai Straits during the 1940's? It was always a Sunday school treat for us, I'm not too sure, but I do think that they were Paddle Steamers and were always very popular.
Mr Roberts can be contacted via mail@penmon.org

WEXHAM STREET

Views looking down and up Wexham Street, Beaumaris,
courtesy of Alison Morris-Jones

Early 1900s, Cattle and sheep were walked from local farms and from Menai Bridge Smithfield to the town abattoir in Wexham Street, where John Stanley advertised that his animals were 'slaughtered with the RSPCA's humane killer'.

Beaumaris 1911; Living conditions scarcely improved since 1879, when a borough surveyor made a detailed inspection of the town's housing stock. Houses in the working class areas revealed the deep inequalities within the Edwardian society. Of the 254 houses visited in Chapel St, New St, Wexham St and the Clay Pots area, 37 were in a state of dilapidation, both inside and out, with some described as being unfit to live in.

1941 BEAUMARIS
FIGHTER PLANE CRASH

I am very grateful to John Hughes for supplying this photo and information; KD
On March 13th 1941, a Spitfire crashed onto a house in New Street, Beaumaris no.17(?) next to what became Gwalia Stores. My grandmother was in  a bedroom at the time and both she and the plane's engine finished up in the kitchen. Mercifully she survived. Does anyone have any knowledge of the incident?

John can be contacted via mail@penmon.org

BEATING THE BOUNDS

This 'beating of the bounds' photo was taken around the mid to late 1950s and culminated under the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel, where the mayor shovelled hot pennies down onto the street, where youngsters would scrabble for profit!
The lady with white hair is John's maternal grandmother, Louis Heritage Parry. She is the lady who survived the Spitfire crash. 

Louis pictured outside what is possibly Red Hill Lodge

John's mother, Margaret (Peggy) Parry,
is centre of this sporty group of young ladies, in Form VI, June 1939

John's grandfather Will Parry is third from the right
of this Crossville snow clearing team!

LLANFAES ALMSHOUSES

Photo copyright and courtesy of Richard Thomas

They were established in 1613 by David Hughes,
of Woodrising, Norfolk.
This is the same David Hughes who established
the "Free Grammar school"  in Beaumaris in 1609

He gave a house which he had lately built at Beaumaris, for the use of a grammar school, and endowed it with all his lands in the county of Anglesey, for the payment of the master and usher, for the maintenance of the scholars, and for keeping the building in repair.
He directed his trustees to appropriate the surplus in placing one or two of the scholars in either of the universities of Oxford or Cambridge, and in erecting an almshouse for eight persons, three to be chosen from the parish of Llantrisaint, where the founder was born, two from that of Ceidio, two from that of Llêchcynvarwydd, and one from the chapelry of Gwredog. 
The almshouse, consisting of eight rooms under one roof, is of quadrangular form, with an archway leading into the interior, and having a stone placed over it marked "D. H. 1613;" the building is situated in the parish of Llanvaes, about a mile from the town of Beaumaris.
The almsmen each receive an allowance of six shillings a week, five pounds of beef at Christmas, and six yards of frieze annually on St. Thomas's day; the whole provided out of the endowment assigned by David Hughes for a grammar school and almshouse.

Photo copyright and courtesy of Richard Thomas
Almshouses, front elevation

1841

No 1. William Pritchard 87, Independent means, Mary  Pritchard 75.

No 2. John Rowlands 45, agricultural labourer, Margaret Rowlands 66, John 16, William 14, Elizabeth 11, Ellen 6.

No 3. William Thomas 65, Independent means, Margaret Thomas 66,  Owen 15, shoemaker, Ellen 13.

No 5. John Ingrams 74, weaver, Jane Ingrams 62, Griffith 30 tailor, Margaret 35.

No 6. John Roberts 54, independent means, Mary Roberts 40, William 11, John 4.

No 7. Mary Williams 87, independent maens, Mary 40, Hugh 15 shoemaker, Mary 13.

No 8. Mary Jones 70, independent means.

No 9. Owen Roberts 65, army, Elizabeth Roberts 65

No 10. John Hughes 30, agricultutral labourer, Jane Hughes 35, Ann 9, John 7, Mary 5, Elizabeth 3, Ellenor 10 months.

No 11. William Morris 70, independet means, Elizabeth Morris 75, Jane 10.

No 12. John Owen 55, independent means, John Owen 25 shoemaker.

No 13. Richard Robinson 20, copper miner.

No 14. Hugh Roberts 50, independene means, Margaret Roberts 45, Elizabeth 22, Owen 19, shoemaker, Richard 16, agricultural labourer, John 12,  Ellen 9, Jane 6, Hugh 3.

No 15. William Lewis 60, independent meanm Margaret Lewis 70.

Photo copyright and courtesy of Richard Thomas
Almshouses Inner Courtyard

1851

No 1. William Lewis, 70, widower, annuitant, tanner, Lewis Owen 37, lodger, carter, Margaret 41, lodger's wife, their children, Elizabeth 11, William 9, Catherine 7, Margaret 5, Ellen 4, Henry 1.

No 2. Hugh Roberts 43, annuitant, labourer, Margaret 56 wife, children, Elizabeth 37, seemstress, Owen 29, shoemaker, John 27, llabourer, Hugh 13 at home.

No 3. Owen Jones 70, annuitant, labourer, Margaret 36, wife, Catherine 3, granddaughter.

No 4. William Morris 82, widower, annuitant, stone mason, Jane 29, granddaughter, house servant.

No 5. Owen Roberts 80, widower, Chelsea Pensioner, Mary Williams 56, widow, daughter.

No 6. John Hughes 46, labourer, Jane 46, wife, cook, children, Ann 18, at home, John 16, labourer, Mary 15, Elizabeth 13, Elinor 10, Catherine 6, Jane 3.

No 7. Mary Jones 76, widow, pauper.

No 8. Mary Hughes 50, widow, gardener, Catherine Williams 12, niece.

No 9.John Roberts 67, annuitant, shoemaker, Mary 57, wife, children, William 19, labourer, John 16, tailor.

No 10. John Lazerus, 23, annuitant, weaver, William Ishmael 49, son in law, tailor, Margaret Ishmael, 52, wife.

No 11. Watkin Jones 78, annuitant, labourer, Elizabeth 60 wife, Susan 29, daughter.

No 12. Richard Jones 66, annuitant labourer, Mary 51 wife, Edward 30, son, Owen Jones 9, slater lodger

Photo copyright and courtesy of Richard Thomas
Almshouses archway, entrance and Courtyard beyond

1861

No 1. Richard Jones 76, agricultural labourer, Mary 61, wife, lodger Owen Jones 19, joiner.

No 2. Hugh Roberts 72, agricultural labourer, Margaret 65, wife, children Owen 38, shoe maker, Jane 26, dressmaker, Hugh 22 shoe maker.

No 3. John Hughes 55, gardener, Jane 50, wife, children, John 25, widower, agricultural labourer, Catherine 15, Jane 13.

No 4. Richard Davies 42, carter, Jane 39, wife, Richard 20, son.

No 5. John Owen 73, pumper.

No 6. Uninhabited.

No 7. Robert Owen 52, agricultural labourer, Sarah 45, wife, children, Elizabeth 14, William 12, Joseph 10.

No 8. Robert Jones 85, pauper, shoe maker.

No 9. John Roberts 70, widower, shoemaker, children John 24, tailor, Ann 23, son's wife, Mary Jane 1 month.

No 10. William Hughes 72, agricultural labourer, Elizabeth 73, wife, Barry Hughes 40, daughter, Margaret Hughes 7, granddaughter.

No 11. Messiah Jones 50, agricultural labourer, Margaret 46, wife, Hugh 12, son. 

No 12. William Hughes 47, agricultural labourer, Jane 49, wife, children John 23 agricultural labourer, Thomas 17, agricultural labourer, Mary 9.

Photo copyright Eric Jones, reproduced here by licence
Llanfaes Almshouses

 1871

No1. Irene Hughes 56 widow of agricultural labourer.

No 2. Owen Hearns 58, agricultural labourer, Ellen 54, wife, children, Richard 24, Robert 22, Owen 19, all carters, William 14, Thomas 12, both farm servants.

No 3. Richard Davies 51, carter,  Jane 49 wife, Richard 29, son agricultural labourer.

No 4. John Thomas 72, agricultural labourer, Anne Jones 77, domestic servant.

No 5.  Hugh Roberts 84, formerly stone mason, Margaret 80, wife, children Owen 48, shoe maker, Jane 36 needle woman.

No 6. John Davies 73, agricultural labourer. 

No 7. Robert Owen 60, widower, labourer, Joseph 18, labourer, Mary Owen 30 daughter in law, grandchildren Robert 5, Sarah 3.

Photo copyright Nigel Williams. Reproduced here by licence
 Llanfaes Almshouses

1881

No 1. Robert Roberts 38, agricultural labourer, Rebecca 42, wife, children, Robert 15, John Henry 14, Hugh 13, Owen 11, David 10, Catherine 7, William 6, Mary 6 twins, Ann 2, Martha 2 weeks.

No 2. Jane Hughes widow of agricultural labourer,

No 3. Hugh Roberts 61, agricultural labourer, Catherine 69, wife, grandchildren, Catherine 15, David 4.

No 4. John Davies 80, widower, agricultural labourer.

No 5. Owen Eames 27, agricultural labourer, Ann 23, wife, children Ellen 3, Ann 6 months.

No 6. Uninhabited.

No 7. Uninhabited

No 8. Uninhabited. 

1891

No1. Elizabeth Hughes, 65, poultry dealer, Owen Hughes 29, nephew, labourer, Ellen Roose Griffith 27, niece, dressmaker, Theophilus Griffiths 25, nephew, labourer, Elizabeth Griffith 2, great niece.

No 2. Robert Roberts 47, labourer, Rebecca 52, wife, children, Henry 23, Owen 22, David 17, William 15, all labourers, Mary 15, Catherine 17, Anne Ellen 13, Martha 10.

No 3. Uninhabited

No 4. Jane Powell 44, widow, children, Jane 17, John 21 labourer, Ann 23, Ellen 8, Emma 4.

No 5. Catherine Roberts 79, widow, David 45 son, labourer, Mary 32, daughter in law.

No 6. Thomas Jones 31, carter, Mary 32, wife, children, Hugh 8, Ellin 5, Richard 4 months, Grace 3.

No 7. Jane Hughes 78, widow.

No 8. Uninhabited.

No 9. Uninhabited 

1901

No 1. Owen Hughes 36, farm labourer, Jane wife 27, children Fanny Elizabeth 5, Maggie 8 months.

No 2. John Hughes 46, quarryman, Elizabeth 43, William 6, John 3.

No 3. Mission Room - no service.

No 4. Jane Powell 54, widow , children John 30, William 23, both farm labourers, Emma 14.

No 5. William Hughes 51 farm labourer, Ellen 52, wife.

No 6. Griffith Evans 63, farm labourer, Mary 49, wife, children Evan 17, farm labourer, Mary 15.

No 7 Uninhabited

No 8 Uninhabited

No 9 Mary Jones 42, widow, children Ellen 15, domestic servant, Richard 10, Griffith 8, Sidney 6.

Photo copyright and courtesy of Richard Thomas

This plaque commemorates the re-roofing and refurbishing of the Almshouses by R. H. Williams-Bulkeley in 1937

CHARLES C. F. GREVILLE VISITS

1865 LETTERS - HENRY HYDE

MUTINY ON 'THE EUXINE'?

Following a hearing at Beaumaris Court on the 23rd of  January 1866, the following seamen were imprisoned in the Beaumaris  House of Correction, for fourteen days; Isaac Peterson, Francis Thornton, Richard Owen, Samuel Morgan, John Roberts, John Green and David Owens. They disobeyed the orders of William Evans, master of the ship, The Euxine.
Can anyone throw any light on the event or supply information on 'The Euxine' please? KD 

The Clergy of the Beaumaris Parishes

LLANDEGFAN with BEAUMARIS

 Llandegfan and Beaumaris was a strange alliance as long ago as 1315 when the burgesses petitioned for their own chapel in Beaumaris, as access to Llandegfan was very difficult in bad weather.
In the Calendar of Patent Rolls for the reign of King Richard II there is rteference to the appointment, on April 15th 1391 of William Ryngestede, Prebendary of Caergybi to Llandecvan with the chapels of Llanveugan and Beaumaris.

RECTORS OF LLANDEGFAN
1421 - Ralph Blaystones
1469 - William Ford
1500 - John Audley
c1500s - Richard Bulkeley, also Archdeacon of Anglesey 
Died 1526
1540 - Arthur Bulkeley - became Bishop of Bangor 1541
1543 - John Bulkeley
1545 - John Lewis, known as John Vaughan
1555 - Lewis ap John ap Jenkin
1573 - Rowland Bulkeley, deacon
1594 - Launcelot Bulkeley, Archbishop of Dublin 1619
1619 - John Lloyd
1626 - Rowland Chedle, BA
1660 - William Williams
1681 - Peter Wynne, BA
1683 - John Jones, Dean of Bangor 1689
1700 - Kenrick Eyton, BA
1721 - Thomas Bean, BA
1733 - Richard Ingram
1720 - John Lewis
1738 - John Hughes (son of John Hughes)
1762 - William Griffith
1762 - Thomas Owen
1763 - Richard Williams
1766 - John Thomas, Curate
1778 - Hugh Davies
1787 - Richard Griffith, BA
1800 - Edward Davies, Curate
1804 - Robert Williams, Curate
1822 - John Williams, Curate
1823 - William John Lewis, Curate (assisted)
1826 - Richard Coetmor Howard
1832 - Evan Pughe, Curate
1832 - David Hughes, Curate
1838 - John Jones Brown, Curate
1843 - Hugh Jones, Rector
1852 - John Jones, Curate
1853 - Henry Roberts, Curate
1856 - Edward Edwards, Curate
1859 - Robert Thomas, Curate

RECTOR OF LLANDEGFAN and
PERPETUAL CURATE OF BEAUMARIS
1858 - Hugh Jones
1866 - John Williams Meyrick
c 1888 - Henry Lloyd, Curate
1890 - Robert Jones Cleric in Charge
(following the suspension of John Williams Meyrick)

OTHER CURATES
1861 - Robert Harries Jones
1866 - Robert Pughe Jones
1869 - John Jenkins
1877 John Wynn Richards
1881 - Elijah Owen
1882 - Thomas Jesse Jones
1886 - George Henry Harrison
1900 - Thomas Kyffin Lloyd, Rector
1894 - John Morgan Richards
1899 - Henry John Morgan
1906 - Hugh Williams
1907 - David Edward Evans
1909-10 - James Cornelius Morrice
1910-21 - Henry Thomas
1913-15 - John Collins Lloyd
1915-24 - Thomas Woodings
1921-27 - David Williams
1927 - John Vaughan Williams
1925-28 John Hughes
1929 - Hugh Owen Davies
1930-36 - Joseph James Morgan
1933 - John Eric Ramage
1937-39 - Arthur Gordon Ware
1939-42 - Eric Alexander Owen
1943-48 - Ellis Jones Connor BA
1948-51 - Hector Wynne Evans BA
1951 - Edward Thomas Roberts
1955 - Gwilym David Lewis
1961-64 - Anthony Riley Williams BA
1962-65 Sydney Harold Willcox
1973 - John Lloyd Roberts
1971-74 - David Noel Jones
1974-76 Edward Wynne Jones
1980-82 - David Michael Outram BA
1985-88 - Christopher Hugh Foster Parry
1981 - Peter Alan Grant Westlake
1976 - Meurig Foulkes

1989 - HISTORIC CHANGE
The historic connection between Llandegfan and Beaumaris was severed  with a change of appointments.
RICHARD JONES
was appointed Vicar of Llandegfan and Llandysilio (Menai Bridge)
and a year later,
GWYNDAF MORRIS HUGHES
was appointed Rector of the five churches in Beaumaris,
Llanfaes, Llangoed, Penmon and Llanfihangel

I am very grateful to
NEIL FAIRLAMB
Rector of Beaumaris
for permission to extract the above details from his book
THE CLERGY OF THE
BEAUMARIS PARISHES
(The Church in Wales)
Copies of the book are available from him;
Revd Neil Fairlamb, The Rectory,
Beaumaris, Anglesey, LL58 8BN
at a remarkable £1.45 (One pound 45p)including postage and packing.
24 x A4 pages of text 

A couple of examples of text taken at random are;

In 1763, Richard Williams succeeded Thomas Owen; his father was curate of Bodedern and his mother Margaret was daughter of Robert Hughes of Beaumaris. A Jesus College man also. BA in 1752 and then ordained in St Asaph, he had been curate of Llandegfan 1752-62 before 15 years as Rector from 1763 until he moved for a ten year stint as incumbent of Llanthuddlad. He died in 1788.

In 1866 Hugh Jones was succeeded by John Williams Meyrick who was to enjoy a 34 year tenure until his death aged 64 in 1900.......The early years began well..........A serious charge was brought against Meyrick in September 1872 at the monthly sessions in Menai Bridge.........Sir Richard Bulkeley, the tenth baronet, as chairman of the bench, declared an interest........Meyrick was such a difficult character..........
Read the whole facinating story in The Clergy of the Beaumaris Parishes.

ANGLESEY QUARTERLY SESSION RECORDS
1879 - 1881

Did any of your ancestors appear in Beaumaris Court between 1879 and 1881?
No?.......... are you sure?......... My great, great uncle Goodman Roberts did!!! He could have been gaoled for 14 days in Carnarvon!
Some surnames appearing - Bromley, Owen, Roberts, Staples, Jones, Williams, Thomas, Parry, Stanley, Hughes and more..............
Click on the title, for details - you never know what you you may find!

Beaumaris Church.               Illustration by Maldwyn Roberts

BEAUMARIS; The Welsh origins of the name of this town are obscure. There are many Welsh versions, the chief being Biwmares. In ancient times it was called Porth Wygyr - a port by the fresh wood. Its present name was given to the town by Edward I when the castle was built in 1285. The most popular derivation of the name is from the French beau, beautiful and maree, sea - place by the beautiful sea. Or beau marais - a place by the beautiful marsh.

Text and illustration reproduced here by kind permission of
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EDWARD PUGH
born 1873

I wonder if you could help me.
I am writing a book about the Ruthin born artist Edward Pugh, son of a barber and author of the best-ever tour of Wales, Cambria Depicta. Among numerous mysteries about his life, is where he was educated. Not, it seems, at the school in Ruthin.
He was a native Welsh speaker, but could not read nor write Welsh, and so was clearly educated in English, and educated very well, for he became very well read and writes beautifully.
In Cambria Depicta he speaks of having travelled to Anglesey on many occasions, and seems very familiar with Beaumaris in particular, but seems to have visited nowhere else in Wales for any length of time. He was a very close lifelong friend of Richard Llwyd, who refers to him in Beaumaris Bay.
On his tour he stays with gentry and clerical families in Anglesey, but almost always in Inns elsewhere in North Wales.
In short, I've been wondering whether he went to school in Anglesey, and in particular in Beaumaris, and if the rolls for the school from that time still exist. He was born in 1763.

You have a terrific website, particularly your Beaumaris page, packed with useful information about a lovely place.

John Barrell
Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies
University of York.

Professor Barrell can be contacted via mail@penmon.org if you can assist him.