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Anglesey

The first Women’s Institute in Britain was started in 1915 in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch, the Isle of Anglesey village with the longest name in the world.

Beaumaris Gaol has the only working tread wheel in Britain. The prison’s architect was Joseph Hansom, who also designed the Hansom Cab.

Charles Dickens visited the Island in 1859 to report on the loss of the Royal Charter, one of Britain’s worst shipwrecks, in which 400 people perished.

Anglesey - "Granary of Wales"

Anglesey was once known as the “Granary of Wales” because of the large quantities of barley and oats grown – more than in any other region of Wales. It has also been known as the “Mother of Wales” for its rich farming community that could feed the population of Wales.

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