Strong wind and showers
greeted us this morning and, mixed with sunshine, this was the
pattern for the day. Late morning we chose a lull in the showers to
take the short walk to the local church, St. Peters, next to Llys
Rhosyr that we visited on Saturday. The church was locked but we took
a walk around its cemetery and found gravestones of at least 20
captains dating from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th
century. Newborough was obviously an important seafaring town. If
there were that many captains, many of the other men must have been
sailors. We also found the grave of David Williams (died 1935), a
pilot from Llanddwyn Island and a sailor who had 'served aboard a man
of war for 18 years'. It was interesting to see that surnames of
Williams, Jones and Thomas accounted for the majority of people
buried in the churchyard.
The afternoon was spent
watching the snooker world cup and we were impressed that when this
finished earlier than expected, the BBC put on an episode of Coast
that covered Anglesey!
Photos: St. Peter's
church with a captain's grave on the left – note the anchor and
chain carved out of stone; The family tomb made of Welsh slate and
listing three captains.
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