Anglesey History Blog

				[{"id":1412,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/letter-from-din-lligwy\/","name":"letter-from-din-lligwy","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1-1024x682-1-1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Letter from Din Lligwy","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-04 08:57:55","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 10:56:52","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 10:56:52","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":13},"status":"publish","content":"\"The walls of the Romano-British village of Din Lligwy would have been built to show off the prosperity of the leader, much like a Premier"},{"id":1404,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/letter-from-flat-holm\/","name":"letter-from-flat-holm","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-2-1024x755-1-1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Letter from Flat Holm","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 4, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-04 08:56:02","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 10:57:24","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 10:57:24","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":12},"status":"publish","content":"\"It was literally a white-knuckle ride. As we passed through the Cardiff Bay barrage the boat sped up and I tightly gripped the bar in"},{"id":1374,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/saving-angleseys-windmills\/","name":"saving-angleseys-windmills","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/150895139_4442476785769090_6548149260405577306_n.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Saving Anglesey's Windmills","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 23, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-05-23 09:41:10","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 09:59:00","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 09:59:00","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/windmill\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Windmill<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/windmill\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Windmill<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":8,"sec":36},"status":"publish","content":"On the road again. I'm setting off for a week-long tour of the south of England, but first I'm taking the well-travelled road to Aberystwyth."},{"id":1362,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/review-parc-cybi-a-landscape-through-time\/","name":"review-parc-cybi-a-landscape-through-time","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/parccybiexhibitionorielmon.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Review \u2013 Parc Cybi: A Landscape Through Time","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 8, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-05-08 11:19:32","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 10:04:24","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 10:04:24","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/18th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">18th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/anglesey-antiquarian-society\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anglesey Antiquarian Society<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/archaeology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">archaeology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/bronze-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bronze Age<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/iron-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Iron Age<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/museum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/roman\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Roman<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/18th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">18th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/anglesey-antiquarian-society\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anglesey Antiquarian Society<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/archaeology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">archaeology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/bronze-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bronze Age<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/iron-age\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Iron Age<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/museum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">museum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/roman\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Roman<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":55},"status":"publish","content":"AAS Transactions The following review was published in the Anglesey Antiquarian Society's 2020 Transactions. Oriel M\u00f4n will be reopening on 18 May 2021, and the"},{"id":1340,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/who-were-the-earls-of-anglesey\/","name":"who-were-the-earls-of-anglesey","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img2021-01-21_132033-wpfeatured.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Who Were the Earls of Anglesey?","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 24, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-01-24 08:23:40","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 10:51:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 10:51:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/17th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">17th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/18th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">18th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/family-history\/\" rel=\"category tag\">family history<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/maps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">maps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/nobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">nobility<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/17th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">17th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/18th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">18th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/family-history\/\" rel=\"category tag\">family history<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/maps\/\" rel=\"category tag\">maps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/nobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">nobility<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":49},"status":"publish","content":"I recently bought a copy of John Speed\u2019s 17th century map of Anglesey, to add to my collection of Anglesey Maps. An exquisite, highly decorated"},{"id":1304,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/revisiting-the-windmills-of-anglesey\/","name":"revisiting-the-windmills-of-anglesey","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/header-1-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Revisiting the Windmills of Anglesey","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 17, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-01-17 09:07:57","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 10:58:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 10:58:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/windmill\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Windmill<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/windmill\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Windmill<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":39},"status":"publish","content":"My Anglesey History web site had its beginnings in 1995 as a single page on my main business site for Kovach Computing Services. Five years"},{"id":1271,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/the-many-ages-of-mary-owen\/","name":"the-many-ages-of-mary-owen","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img2021-01-01_141253-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The Many Ages of Mary Owen","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 2, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-01-02 16:28:22","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:17:45","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:17:45","commentCount":"2","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/cemeteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">cemeteries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/database\/\" rel=\"category tag\">database<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/graveyards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">graveyards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/cemeteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">cemeteries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/database\/\" rel=\"category tag\">database<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/graveyards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">graveyards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":5},"status":"publish","content":"During the Christmas\/New Year break my wife and I have been talking a lot about local Pentraeth history. A freshwater ecologist, she has been building"},{"id":1219,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/happiness-and-tragedy-exploring-anglesey-parish-records-on-ancestry-co-uk\/","name":"happiness-and-tragedy-exploring-anglesey-parish-records-on-ancestry-co-uk","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/llanfechell-heading2-3-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Happiness and Tragedy \u2013 Exploring Anglesey Parish Records on Ancestry.co.uk","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Oct 30, 2020","dateGMT":"2020-10-30 08:31:25","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:23:25","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:23:25","commentCount":"2","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/cemeteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">cemeteries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/churches\/\" rel=\"category tag\">churches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/graveyards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">graveyards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/19th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">19th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/cemeteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">cemeteries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/churches\/\" rel=\"category tag\">churches<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/graveyards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">graveyards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":10},"status":"publish","content":"There was much joy among family history researchers recently as the genealogical database company Ancestry.co.uk announced the availability online of millions of parish records from"},{"id":1203,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/the-mystery-of-the-non-existent-castle\/","name":"the-mystery-of-the-non-existent-castle","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_20200321_0001b.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The Mystery of the Non-Existent Castle","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Mar 23, 2020","dateGMT":"2020-03-23 08:03:17","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:23:53","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:23:53","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/old-houses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Houses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/postcards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">postcards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/20th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">20th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/old-houses\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Old Houses<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/postcards\/\" rel=\"category tag\">postcards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":0},"status":"publish","content":"I get regular notifications from eBay for new items listed related to Anglesey history, particularly old postcards showing scenes from the past century. As I"},{"id":1189,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/day-school-excavations-at-parc-cybi-holyhead\/","name":"day-school-excavations-at-parc-cybi-holyhead","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84547808_2860364087381616_3551717652034486272_nb.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Day School - Excavations at Parc Cybi, Holyhead","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Feb 21, 2020","dateGMT":"2020-02-21 15:53:59","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:24:28","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:24:28","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":14,"sec":31},"status":"publish","content":"We arrived at the Ucheldre centre and filed through the new exhibition, with a quick glance at the displays. We would have plenty of time"},{"id":1158,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/old-friends-in-new-places-visiting-st-fagans\/","name":"old-friends-in-new-places-visiting-st-fagans","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img2019-10-19_121344.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Old Friends in New Places - Visiting St Fagans","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Oct 20, 2019","dateGMT":"2019-10-20 14:46:52","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:24:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:24:57","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/13th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">13th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/medieval\/\" rel=\"category tag\">medieval<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/museum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/viking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Viking<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/13th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">13th century<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/medieval\/\" rel=\"category tag\">medieval<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/museum\/\" rel=\"category tag\">museum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/viking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Viking<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":52},"status":"publish","content":"The ever expanding St Fagans National Museum of History opened new galleries and a new reconstructed building last year, but I've only this weekend got"},{"id":1153,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/indispensable-the-historic-wales-web-portal\/","name":"indispensable-the-historic-wales-web-portal","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/clipboard03.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Indispensable - The Historic Wales Web Portal","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jul 23, 2018","dateGMT":"2018-07-23 07:27:13","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:25:25","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:25:25","commentCount":"3","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/database\/\" rel=\"category tag\">database<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/database\/\" rel=\"category tag\">database<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/web-site\/\" rel=\"category tag\">web site<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":45},"status":"publish","content":"Are you curious about the history of that old-looking house you drive past on the way to work? Did you ever wonder if there have"},{"id":1137,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/book-review-darganfod-tai-hanesyddol-eryri-discovering-the-historic-houses-of-snowdonia\/","name":"book-review-darganfod-tai-hanesyddol-eryri-discovering-the-historic-houses-of-snowdonia","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img2015-07-18_144043-e1518789370835-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Book Review - Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri: Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Feb 18, 2018","dateGMT":"2018-02-18 08:26:24","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:25:59","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:25:59","commentCount":"2","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/16th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">16th century<\/a>, <a 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outside, and it lets you travel back"},{"id":181,"link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/bodior-tide-mill\/","name":"bodior-tide-mill","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img2016-09-03_152303.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Bodior Tide Mill","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Sep 5, 2016","dateGMT":"2016-09-05 10:49:29","modifiedDate":"2025-03-11 11:31:36","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-11 11:31:36","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/era\/17th-century\/\" rel=\"category tag\">17th century<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mills<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/mills\/tidal-mill\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tidal mill<\/a>","space":"<a 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blog","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Sep 4, 2016","dateGMT":"2016-09-04 06:48:47","modifiedDate":"2016-09-04 06:48:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2016-09-04 06:48:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","language":"<a href='https:\/\/www.anglesey-history.co.uk\/' rel='language'>English<\/a>","post_translations":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":43},"status":"publish","content":"Welcome to the Anglesey History blog. I'm Warren Kovach, and I've\u00a0developed the Anglesey History web site\u00a0over the past 20 years. The site started with pages"}]