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Anglesey
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Anglesey. An island and former county (until 1974) of north Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait or Abermenai. The Welsh name for the island is Môn; this is confused with
Mona in some texts, a name usually referring to the Isle of
Man. The Roman historian Tacitus (1st cent. AD) describes an attack on the island under Paulinus; in his account heroic Roman soldiers drove howling priests and black-clad, screaming women from bloodstained groves, presumably the site of human sacrifices (
c. AD 59–62). These fugitives are now identified with
druids. Great deposits of metalwork and other objects recovered from Llyn Cerrig Bach on Anglesey may be connected with the attempts of the insular druids to escape what seems to have been complete annihilation. In
The Myvyrian Archaiology [sic]
of Wales, compiled from medieval materials by Owen Jones (1801–7), Anglesey is associated with high birth, wise men, and relics. Since 1974 Anglesey has been part of the county of
Gwynedd.
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Anglesey: a Welsh island paradise.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...ESTLING on the North West corner of Wales, Anglesey is known to the people of Wales as Mun...welcome you with open arms. Why has Anglesey been a family favourite for holidays...Nature lovers will be impressed by Anglesey's wildlife. The cliffs, quiet coves...
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Anglesey 'is worse off than newEU members'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...Clard Western Mail Official figures show Anglesey is poorer than at least two of the European...Cypriots are better off than people on Anglesey - which has been at peace since King...gross domestic product per head than Anglesey. Slovenia has a turbulent history and...
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Anglesey: making the most of its natural assets.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/11/2008; 700+ words
; Since EU Funding has been secured on Anglesey, there has been excellent progress with...Island's natural environment. The Anglesey Coastal Footpath is a prime example...funding for 2007-2013 now provides Anglesey with a golden opportunity to build on...
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Kaiser Aluminum Announces Anticipated Shut-down of Anglesey Smelter Operations in September 2009 and Resulting Impairment.
Business Wire; 1/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...NASDAQ:KALU) today announced that it expects Anglesey Aluminium Metal ("Anglesey"), jointly owned by Kaiser and Rio Tinto Alcan...expires. As the Company has previously discussed, Anglesey has worked intensively with U.K. government...
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Calls grow for council's abolition; ANGLESEY: Scandal-hit authority should be merged with neighbour, say campaigners.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...growing for the scandalhit council on Anglesey to be integrated with a larger council...government in Wales was a disaster. "It left Anglesey council too small to be viable, and...The only thing I feel would work on Anglesey is something revolutionary and forward...
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New homes to `swamp' Anglesey; DEVELOPMENT: Plans for 1,800 houses in language heartland alarms activists.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/29/2002; 700+ words
; ...building up to 1,800 new houses on Anglesey will undermine the Welsh language in...attract benefits claimants from England. Anglesey's economy has been flagging so badly...Objective One projects will transform Anglesey's economy that it has identified land...
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Poorest in Wales; LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANTS: IT'S GRIM UP NORTH: Fury as Anglesey gets AGAIN lowest payout...: Gwynedd and Conwy also among big losers: But Wrexham bucks the North-South divide.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/14/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: TOM BODDEN TROUBLED Anglesey will suffer one of the lowest council...rises at 1.1%, while Powys joined Anglesey at the bottom with just a 1% increase...of the poorest counties in Wales, Anglesey has faced a series of job blows in...
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Building a framework to ensure a vibrant future for rural areas of Anglesey.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...has been leading rural regeneration on Anglesey. The current high level public funding support Anglesey experiences creates both opportunity and...island have worked together and created the Anglesey Area Development Framework (ADF). The...
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New horizons for miner after sale of Anglesey site.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...Business Correspondent MINING venture Anglesey Mining yesterday said the sale of its...strengthen potential developments elsewhere. Anglesey announced it had sold Parys Mountain...Alternative Investment Market-listed Anglesey said yesterday the deal was the right...
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Games over; Anglesey lose out to uland in 2009 bid.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 7/13/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: By DAVID GREENWOOD ANGLESEY'S hopes of hosting the 2009 Island...London pipped Paris to the Olympics, Anglesey, so long the bookies' favourites...convincing 33 votes to 21 win for uland. Anglesey's delegation made a 20minute presentation...
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Anglesey, Henry William Paget, 1st marquis of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Anglesey, Henry William Paget, 1st marquis of...Soldier and administrator. In 1793 Anglesey raised the Staffordshire Volunteers...created marquis for his services. In 1828 Anglesey became lord-lieutenant of Ireland...
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Anglesey
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Anglesey. An island and former county (until...objects recovered from Llyn Cerrig Bach on Anglesey may be connected with the attempts of...by Owen Jones (1801–7), Anglesey is associated with high birth, wise men...
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Gwynedd
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...when it was modified by the removal of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), which became...Rhuddlan in 1284 into the counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, and Merionethshire...twofold division, defining Gwynedd as Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, and Merioneth, though...
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Llyn Cerrig Bach
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...lake in a rocky portion of the island of Anglesey , northwestern Wales , once the centre...Early Iron Age from Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey (Cardiff, 1946); P. Lynch , Prehistoric Anglesey (Anglesey, 1970), 249–77...
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Wales
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Channel (W). Across the Menai Strait is the Welsh island of Anglesey . Land and People The Cambrian Mts. cover most of Wales...Flintshire, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy, the Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire...
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