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"BEAUMARIS, a parish, market town, seaport, and municipal and parliamentary borough in the hundred of Tyndaethwy, in the island county of Anglesey, North Wales, 3 miles to the N. of Bangor, and 238 miles from London by the Holyhead railway. It is the county town of Anglesey, and is situated on the north-western shore of the beautiful bay of Beaumaris, near the north-eastern entrance of the Menai Strait. A town existed on this spot at a very early period, and was called Porth Wgyr, and afterwards Bonover. It attained considerable importance as a seaport. On the invasion of the island by Egbert, in the 9th century, a severe conflict between the Welsh and the Saxons took place near the town. The English, headed by the Earls of Chester and Shrewsbury, captured the town in 1096, and held the island in subjection till the arrival of a Norwegian force, under Magnus, compelled them to withdraw." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
A guide to Bangor and Beaumaris : with notices of the isle of Anglesea. Manchester [etc.] : Abel Heywood & Son [etc.], [1902]
Adshead, Joseph. A circumstantial narrative of the wreck of the Rothsay Castle steampacket, on her passage from Liverpool to Beaumaris, August 17, 1831 ... London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1834. 322p
Ambrose, John W. Beaumaris and its environs. 1859. 24p
Beaumaris : 16 photographic views. Frith's series. Roberts, 189-?. 16 leaves
Crean, Patrick J. Sir William Dai : a life of the Venerable William Davies, Catholic martyr executed in North Wales, at Beaumaris, 1593. London : Catholic Truth Society, 1985. 56p
Heywood, John. John Heywood's Illustrated guide to Bangor and Beaumaris. 1891. 32p
Llwyd, Richard. Beaumaris Bay : the shores of the Menai, and the interior of Snowdonia, ... Chester : London : J. Parry for the author ; H. Hughes, 1832. 68p
Morris, Jeff. The history of the Penmon and Beaumaris lifeboats. Coventry : Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, 1997. 49p
Pughe, David W. History of Beaumaris Castle and the isle of Anglesey. Carnarvon : Printed and published by H. Humphreys, [1848?]. 42p
Raban, Denys. A note on Beaumaris parish register, 1649-1659, 1658-1723. Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society (1986), p. 79-85.
Steele, Phillip. Beaumaris : the town's story : hanes y dref. Porthaethwy : MAGMA, c1996. 48p
Taylor, A J. Beaumaris Castle (Castell Biwmares). Cardiff : H.M.S.O., 1980. 50p
The burgess roll of the burgesses of the borough of Beaumaris, in the county of Anglesey, entitled to vote in the choice of the councillors and auditors of the said borough, between the 1st day of November, 1894, inclusive, and the 1st day of November, 1895, exclusive. Beaumaris : E. Thomas, Printer, 1894. 13p
Thomas, J Hugh. English Presbyterian Church Beaumaris : centenary 1870-1970. 1970. 12p
Williams, John. Hen blas (the old palace) in Beaumaris, with illustrations. Holyhead : Printed by Enoch Jones, 1869. 8p
Williams, John. David Hughes, M. A., and his free grammar school at Beaumaris : an historical essay. Bangor : Printed by J. K. Douglas, 1864. 30p
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Beaumaris section (in Welsh) has been extracted . Also for Seion chapel, the one in this parish appears to be the only one in AGY (according to the AGY Record Office online list)
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Beaumaris English Presbyterian Church records 1870-1937 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
Beaumaris - town guide, has a picture gallery including St Mary's Church
Welcome to Beaumaris - a tourist site
Beaumaris - on BBC Wales
Beaumaris Castle - photographs and articles on the Castle Wales site
Beaumaris Castle - on wikipedia
Beaumaris - on the Anglesey Heritage site
Beaumaris - on Flickr
Archives Network Wales have details of extant records of the following (use on-site search box);
Held at University of Wales, Bangor (NRA)
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
Details of extant records are on Archives Network Wales for the following material (use on-site search box);
Bangor and Beaumaris Workhouse
Bangor and Beaumaris Poor Law Union Records 1828-1945 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
Details of extant records are on Archives Network Wales for the following material (use on-site search box);
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
Held at University of Wales, Bangor (NRA)
Details of extant records are on Archives Network Wales for the following material (use on-site search box);
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
Beaumaris Brass Band - including its history
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