Beaumaris
Beaumaris is a neighborhood, as well as the previous county town, of Anglesey, Wales, at the eastern entry to the Menai Strait, the tidal river dividing Anglesey from the shore of North Wales. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,938. Beaumaris was the port of registration for all vessels in North West Wales, covering every harbour on Anglesey and all the ports from Conwy to Pwllheli. Shipbuilding was a significant sector in Beaumaris. This was centred on Gallows Point-- a nearby spit of land prolonging right into the Menai Strait about a mile west of the community. Gallows Point had actually originally been called "Osmund's Eyre" however was renamed when the community gallows was erected there-- together with a "Dead House" for the remains of crooks sent off in public executions. Later, hangings were performed at the community gaol as well as the bodies buried in a lime-pit within the curtilage of the gaol. One of the last detainees to hang at Beaumaris provided a curse prior to he died-- deciding that if he was innocent the 4 faces of the church clock would certainly never reveal the same time.
