Pentraeth
Pentraeth is a village as well as community on the island of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), North Wales, at grid referral SH523786. The Royal Mail postal code begins LL75. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,178. Its Welsh name indicates at the end of (or head of) a beach, and it is located near Traeth Coch (Red Wharf Bay). There is a tiny river, Afon Nodwydd which goes through it. The town's ancient name was Llanfair Betws Geraint. In 1170 it was the site of a battle when Hywel abdominal muscle Owain Gwynedd landed with a military increased in Ireland in an effort to claim a share of the kingdom of Gwynedd complying with the fatality of his dad Owain Gwynedd. He was defeated and also eliminated below by the forces of his half-brothers Dafydd abdominal muscle Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri. In 1859, Charles Dickens stayed in the village on his journey, as a journalist for The Times, to see the wreck of the Royal Charter in Moelfre. In between 1908 and also 1950 it was served by Pentraeth train terminal, on the Red Wharf Bay branch line. The village has a football side, Pentraeth F.C., that play in the Gwynedd League, the 4th tier of Welsh football. The centre of the village is The Square. It is bounded by St. Mary's Church and also the Panton Arms pub along with a row of shops called Cloth Hall. This was founded in the 19th century by Benjamin Thomas as a general store. It continued as a grocery store into the 1990s, and also is now inhabited by a carpet shop in addition to a bakeshop and also party-ware hire shop.
