Pentraeth is a village

Village

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 on the island of Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

 (Ynys Môn), north Wales

Wales

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, at . The Royal Mail

Royal Mail

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 postcode begins LL75.

Its Welsh

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 name

Welsh placenames

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 means at the end of (or head of) a beach, and it is located near Traeth Coch

Traeth Coch

Traeth Coch is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech.Each year the Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club Anglesey Offshore...

 (Red Wharf Bay). There is a small river, Afon Nodwydd which runs through it. The village's ancient name was Llanfair Betws Geraint. In 1170 it was the site of a battle when Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd

Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd Wales Prince of Gwynedd in 1170, a Welsh poet and military leader. Hywel was the son of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Gwynedd, and an Irishwoman named Pyfog. In recognition of this, he was also known as Hywel ap Gwyddeles...

 landed with an army raised in Ireland

Ireland

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 in an attempt to claim a share of the kingdom of Gwynedd

Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...

 following the death of his father Owain Gwynedd

Owain Gwynedd

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. He was defeated and killed here by the forces of his half-brothers Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd

Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd

Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd was Prince of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd....

 and Rhodri.

In 1859, Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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 stayed in the village on his trip, as a journalist

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 for The Times

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, to visit the wreck of the Royal Charter

Royal Charter (ship)

The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked off the beach of Porth Alerth in Dulas Bay on the north-east coast of Anglesey on 26 October 1859. The precise number of dead is uncertain as the passenger list was lost in the wreck but about 459 lives were lost, the highest death toll of any...

 in Moelfre

Moelfre

Moelfre is a village and community on the east coast of Isle of Anglesey in Wales, and on the Anglesey Coastal Path. It has a population of 1,129.The Royal Mail postcode begins LL72....

. Between 1908 and 1950 it was served by Pentraeth railway station

Pentraeth railway station

Pentraeth railway station was situated on the Red Wharf Bay branch line between Holland Arms railway station and Benllech, the third station after the line branched from the main Anglesey Central Railway. Opening on 1 July 1908, a quarter of a mile out of the village it was one of the two largest...

, on the Red Wharf Bay branch line

Red Wharf Bay branch line

The Red Wharf Bay branch line was a standard gauge railway line in Anglesey, Wales, a branch off the Anglesey Central Railway. It opened fully in 1909, but closed to passengers in September 1930...

.

The village has a football side, Pentraeth F.C., who play in the Gwynedd League

Gwynedd League

The Gwynedd Football League is a football league at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system in north-west Wales.There are currently 4 active cups played within the league...

, the fourth tier of Welsh football.

St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church is the village church. The date of construction is unknown, but is probably from some time between the 12th to 14th centuries. Some medieval stonework remains in three walls of the building. A chapel was added to the south side in the 16th or 17th century, and the church was altered and refurbished during the 19th century. The church is still in use, as part of the Church in Wales

Church in Wales

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, and is one of five churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II listed building, a designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them", in particular because of the retention of medieval fabric in a predominately 19th-century building, and its "fine" memorials.

External links

• Photographs of Pentraeth and surrounding area on geograph

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