Place:Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales

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NameHolyhead
Alt namesCaergybisource: Wikipedia
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish, Urban district
Coordinates53.317°N 4.633°W
Located inAnglesey, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Holyhead (; , "Cybi's fort") is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland. It is also a community and the largest town in the Isle of Anglesey county, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census.[1] Holyhead is on Holy Island, which is separated from Anglesey by the narrow Cymyran Strait and was originally connected to Anglesey via the Four Mile Bridge.

In the mid-19th century, Lord Stanley, a local philanthropist, funded the building of a larger causeway,[2] known locally as "The Cobb", it now carries the A5 and the railway line. The A55 dual carriageway runs parallel to the Cobb on a modern causeway.

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