: The Visitor's Hand-Book for Holyhead Comprising a History of the Town the Antiquities and Sublime Scenery of the Mountain by Jackson Thomas - Holyhead (Wales) Guidebooks

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THE VISITOR'S HAND-BOOK FOR HOLYHEAD, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE TOWN, THE Antiquities and Sublime Scenery OF THE MOUNTAIN,

WITH A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE

WONDERS OF SOUTH STACK AND THE GIGANTIC NEW HARBOUR:

ALSO, INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STEAM PACKETS, RAILWAYS, &c., AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST

IN

THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.

BY THOMAS JACKSON, R.M.,

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY SMITH AND SONS, 136, STRAND, AND MAY BE HAD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ALL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.

Page. Holyhead 5 The Church 10 Church Walls 10 The Filial Request 11 Population 14 Distances of places from Holyhead 14 Post Office 14 Delivery of Letters 14 Agents 15 Banks 15 Ancient Customs 15 Holyhead Pier 18 Grand Triumphal Arch 19 Holyhead Lighthouse 20 Captain Skinner's Monument 21 Skerries Lighthouse 22 South Stack by Land 23 South Stack Lighthouse 23 South Stack by Water 25 South Stack Sea-birds 29 Reflections on the Three Lighthouses 32 A Stroll to the Mountain Telegraph 34 The Tourist's Pic Nic 37 The Signal Telegraph 37 Prospect from the Telegraph 38 A Ramble to the Mountain Head 40 Roman Watch Tower and Wall 41 Capel Lochwyd 42 Ancient Coins Found 43 Reflections on Leaving the Mountain 43 The New Harbour 45 Chester and Holyhead Railway 53 Steam Packets 55 Hotels 56 Trips by Sea 57 Penrhos Park 58 Lady Stanley's Hospitality to Shipwrecked Sailors 58 Capel Towyn--Interesting Paper by the Hon. W. O. Stanley 59 Cromlechi--Druidical Altars 62 Ancient Stones of Memorial 67 Boundary Stones 69

PREFACE

In conclusion, the compiler has only to add, that if the reader derives any information, pleasure, or profit, from the perusal of the work, he shall think the time occupied in writing it by no means uselessly employed.

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