County |
Anglesey |
Transcript |
b[e]... |
Icon description |
two castles
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Icons |
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Description |
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Appearances |
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Etymology |
AN beau, 'fair' + marais, 'marsh' |
Translation |
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Earlier editors |
beaumorres (OS 1935); beaumorres; Beaumaris is wrongly sited in the north of Anglesey (Parsons) |
Early Maps |
bewmaris (Angliae Figura) |
Overwritten |
yes (?) |
Attested spelling |
Beaumaris 1296; the castle and town of Beaumaris were built in 1294 as an English royal stronghold on the open marshland beside the Menai Strait; before Beaumaris was established, the name of the location was Cerrig y Gwyddyl (Owen and Morgan, 2007) |