Anglesey History
@angleseyhistory.bsky.social
Posts by Warren Kovach, author of the books Anglesey Through Time, Anglesey in 50 Buildings, A-Z of the Isle of Anglesey, and the Anglesey History web site: https://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/
Also posting about lighthouses at @lighthousewales.bsky.social
Also posting about lighthouses at @lighthousewales.bsky.social
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#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
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Caerdydd! Mae fy llyfr newydd Lighthouses of Wales ar gael nawr yn siop lyfrau Cant a Mil.
Cardiff! My new book Lighthouses of Wales is now available at Cant a Mil bookshop.
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Cardiff! My new book Lighthouses of Wales is now available at Cant a Mil bookshop.
cantamil.com/products/lig...
Lighthouses of Wales
Yn y llyfr hwn cawn hanes datblygiad goleudai Cymru yn ogystal â hanes y bobl oedd yn eu dylunio a'u cadw. -- This book looks at the development of lighthouses in Wales, how they have been operated o...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Caerdydd! Mae fy llyfr newydd Lighthouses of Wales ar gael nawr yn siop lyfrau Cant a Mil.
Cardiff! My new book Lighthouses of Wales is now available at Cant a Mil bookshop.
cantamil.com/products/lig...
Cardiff! My new book Lighthouses of Wales is now available at Cant a Mil bookshop.
cantamil.com/products/lig...
My new book is getting a lot of press coverage!
My new book Lighthouses of Wales featured in a two-page spread in the Western Mail Weekend magazine today!
Find out more and order a signed copy at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
Find out more and order a signed copy at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My new book is getting a lot of press coverage!
The church at Llandyfrydog, near Llannerch-y-medd, has been taken on by the @friendlesschurches.bsky.social and repairs are being planned. Watch their director Rachel Morley talk about the condition of the church and their plans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1w...
Join our Director, Rachel Morley, on her visit to St Tyfrydog's, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey
YouTube video by Friends of Friendless Churches
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November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The church at Llandyfrydog, near Llannerch-y-medd, has been taken on by the @friendlesschurches.bsky.social and repairs are being planned. Watch their director Rachel Morley talk about the condition of the church and their plans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui1w...
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My new book on the Lighthouses of Wales, published by Amberley, is out this month! Check it out and order a copy at: lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My new book on the Lighthouses of Wales, published by Amberley, is out this month! Check it out and order a copy at: lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
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The Skerries lighthouse, located 1.9 miles off the NW coast of Anglesey, was first lit #onthisday in 1717, warning ships of the rocks and guiding them to Liverpool port. Its story is told in my new book Lighthouses of Wales. lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Skerries lighthouse, located 1.9 miles off the NW coast of Anglesey, was first lit #onthisday in 1717, warning ships of the rocks and guiding them to Liverpool port. Its story is told in my new book Lighthouses of Wales. lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social I'm loving the cheese theme today, I'm going to make a blue cheese omelette for lunch. Maybe sometime you can do a lighthouse-themed programme? My new Lighthouses of Wales book is out soon! nation.cymru/culture/more...
More than 30 Welsh lighthouses featured in new illustrated guide
A new illustrated guide from non-fiction publisher Amberley will detail more than 30 lighthouses along the Welsh coast, tracing their histories from construction to the present day. Lighthouses of Wal...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social I'm loving the cheese theme today, I'm going to make a blue cheese omelette for lunch. Maybe sometime you can do a lighthouse-themed programme? My new Lighthouses of Wales book is out soon! nation.cymru/culture/more...
My new book about the lighthouses of Wales, including the magnificent South Stack/Ynys Lawd!
A new illustrated guide will detail more than 30 lighthouses along the Welsh coast, tracing their histories from construction to the present day
More than 30 Welsh lighthouses featured in new illustrated guide
A new illustrated guide from non-fiction publisher Amberley will detail more than 30 lighthouses along the Welsh coast, tracing their histories from construction to the present day. Lighthouses of Wal...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My new book about the lighthouses of Wales, including the magnificent South Stack/Ynys Lawd!
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Ding-dong! The doorbell just went and a man delivered an advance copy of my new book, Lighthouses of Wales! It will be published on 15 November, and you can pre-order a copy at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ding-dong! The doorbell just went and a man delivered an advance copy of my new book, Lighthouses of Wales! It will be published on 15 November, and you can pre-order a copy at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
I enjoyed giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre last night. Does your group want a speaker about Anglesey History? Check out all my available talks at warrenkovach.co.uk/public-speak...
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I enjoyed giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre last night. Does your group want a speaker about Anglesey History? Check out all my available talks at warrenkovach.co.uk/public-speak...
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I'll be giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, this Wednesday, 22 Oct, 7pm, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre (opposite Waitrose in Menai Bridge; £4 entrance fee). All welcome!
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'll be giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, this Wednesday, 22 Oct, 7pm, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre (opposite Waitrose in Menai Bridge; £4 entrance fee). All welcome!
I'll be giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, this Wednesday, 22 Oct, 7pm, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre (opposite Waitrose in Menai Bridge; £4 entrance fee). All welcome!
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'll be giving a talk about Giuseppe Rinvolucri, The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Amlwch, this Wednesday, 22 Oct, 7pm, at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre (opposite Waitrose in Menai Bridge; £4 entrance fee). All welcome!
Last for the day for me is "Before Bangor: archaeology session" with Erin Lloyd Jones exploring what came Before Bangor - from prehistoric settlements and mysterious monuments to Roman roads and artefacts
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last for the day for me is "Before Bangor: archaeology session" with Erin Lloyd Jones exploring what came Before Bangor - from prehistoric settlements and mysterious monuments to Roman roads and artefacts
Also at Bangor History Festival was John Richard Williams, author of ‘Er Lles Llawer: Meddygon Esgyrn Môn’, talking about The Bonesetters of Anglesey.
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Also at Bangor History Festival was John Richard Williams, author of ‘Er Lles Llawer: Meddygon Esgyrn Môn’, talking about The Bonesetters of Anglesey.
Next up at Bangor History Festival is 'When did the gentry lose their Welsh?’ by Shaun Evans @ystadaucymru.bsky.social. Spoiler: they never did, at least not completely.
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Next up at Bangor History Festival is 'When did the gentry lose their Welsh?’ by Shaun Evans @ystadaucymru.bsky.social. Spoiler: they never did, at least not completely.
I'm at the Bangor History Festival today. First talk, in the wonderful Bangor Cathedral, was "St Deiniol’s Cathedral and the Medieval Bishops of Bangor" by Dr Shaun McGuinness.
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm at the Bangor History Festival today. First talk, in the wonderful Bangor Cathedral, was "St Deiniol’s Cathedral and the Medieval Bishops of Bangor" by Dr Shaun McGuinness.
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Help save local Welsh placenames on new digital map.
Helpu i achub enwau lleoedd lleol Cymru ar fap digidol newydd.
datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...
Helpu i achub enwau lleoedd lleol Cymru ar fap digidol newydd.
datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...
Record Welsh Place Names | DataMapWales
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September 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Help save local Welsh placenames on new digital map.
Helpu i achub enwau lleoedd lleol Cymru ar fap digidol newydd.
datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...
Helpu i achub enwau lleoedd lleol Cymru ar fap digidol newydd.
datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...
I'll be giving a talk about "Giuseppe Rinvolucri - The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Amlwch" at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre on 22 Oct, 7pm. All welcome!
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'll be giving a talk about "Giuseppe Rinvolucri - The Architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Amlwch" at Menai Heritage's Telford Centre on 22 Oct, 7pm. All welcome!
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110 years ago on the 11th of September 1915 the first meeting of the first branch of the WI was held in Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey.
Here are a few extracts taken from the minute book (BMSS/11503) which records the early activities of this long-standing institution.
#WI110years
Here are a few extracts taken from the minute book (BMSS/11503) which records the early activities of this long-standing institution.
#WI110years
September 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
110 years ago on the 11th of September 1915 the first meeting of the first branch of the WI was held in Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey.
Here are a few extracts taken from the minute book (BMSS/11503) which records the early activities of this long-standing institution.
#WI110years
Here are a few extracts taken from the minute book (BMSS/11503) which records the early activities of this long-standing institution.
#WI110years
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We had a fascinating talk tonight from @profdanhicks.bsky.social on Augustus Pitt-Rivers, ethnologist, archaeologist and founder of the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, including his connections to Anglesey. Check out our website for membership info and future talks www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/member...
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We had a fascinating talk tonight from @profdanhicks.bsky.social on Augustus Pitt-Rivers, ethnologist, archaeologist and founder of the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, including his connections to Anglesey. Check out our website for membership info and future talks www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/member...
Major project launched to safeguard Wales’ nonconformist chapels: nation.cymru/culture/majo...
Major project launched to safeguard Wales’ nonconformist chapels
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has gained support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop a major new project Capeli Cymru: Preserving the Nonconformi...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Major project launched to safeguard Wales’ nonconformist chapels: nation.cymru/culture/majo...
BBC Radio 4 Open Country programme visited the Menai Strait bridges, in the company of Menai Heritage's John Cole:
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Open Country - The Menai Strait - BBC Sounds
Martha Kearney visits the stretch of water which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales.
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September 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
BBC Radio 4 Open Country programme visited the Menai Strait bridges, in the company of Menai Heritage's John Cole:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Corsydd Calon Môn - Total joy to celebrate our #Fen #heritage with children of #Llanbedrgoch School @northwaleswt.bsky.social #Anglesey #wetlands #envhist #YnysMôn 🎨
September 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Corsydd Calon Môn - Total joy to celebrate our #Fen #heritage with children of #Llanbedrgoch School @northwaleswt.bsky.social #Anglesey #wetlands #envhist #YnysMôn 🎨
Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber on Anglesey is one of the structures that has been damaged: BBC Wales - Criminal damage to historical buildings on the rise - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Criminal damage to historical buildings in Wales on the rise
This year could see the highest ever number of reported crimes of damage and vandalism.
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September 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber on Anglesey is one of the structures that has been damaged: BBC Wales - Criminal damage to historical buildings on the rise - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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