Beaumaris
Beaumaris is a neighborhood, and also the former county town, of Anglesey, Wales, at the eastern entryway to the Menai Strait, the tidal river separating Anglesey from the shore of North Wales. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,938. Beaumaris was the port of enrollment 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 close-by spit of land extending into the Menai Strait concerning a mile west of the community. Gallows Point had originally been called "Osmund's Eyre" yet was renamed when the town gallows was erected there-- along with a "Dead House" for the remains of crooks dispatched in public executions. Later on, hangings were accomplished at the town gaol as well as the bodies hidden in a lime-pit within the curtilage of the gaol. One of the last detainees to hang at Beaumaris released a curse before he died-- deciding that if he was innocent the 4 faces of the church clock would never reveal the exact same time.
