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Gallows Point was originally
called Penrhyn Safnes, but in the late 1800s' it was sometimes
called Ormond's Air.
This name was given to the area
when a rogue named Osmond was on his way to be executed, said
he was out to take some air.
The ferries from Bangor to Gallows Point at one time belonged
to the Prince of Aberffraw, and from him they passed into the
ownership of the English Crown. Eventually the ferry service
was granted to William Bulkeley of Beaumaris
A couple of hundred years ago, the sexton of the church in Aber
was paid to ring the church bell in foggy weather, so as to
guide by sound, those people that had walked from Gallows Point
to the mainland.
It is generally assumed that Edward 1 founded Beaumaris, this
is unlikely to be correct.
The town was mentioned in an old maunuscript as being called
Caer Athrwy, and nearby was a small village called Bonover,
close to a property or field named Bryn y Brython
However, from the time of Edward 1 the town has been named Beaumaris.
There are various theories of how the town got its' name, one
is that Biwmaris is the correct name, meeting of the two tides.
Another is Beau Maris, meaning beautiful sea or bay. Yet another
Beau Marie, as the church in the town named after Saint Mary.
Perhaps the most logical is Beau Marais, meaning beautiful marsh,
as this is the flat marshy spot where the Kings' architect
Henry de Elreton decided to build the castle.
In 1807 the castle was sold to Lord Bulkeley for the sum of
seven hundred and thirty five pounds.
There in an old poem about the Welsh bards that tradition says
were murdered in the castle by the kings men, the poem is by
an English poet - musician
On dreary Arfons shore there lie
Smeared with gore, and ghastly pale
Dear lost companions of my tuneful art
Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes
Dear,as the ruddy drops that warm my heart
Ye died amidst your dying countries cries
In 1609 a school was built in Rating Row, and was financed by
Mr David Hughes of Llantrisant.
An old rental record from the early 1600s' mentions the school,
and reads :-
Rowland Thickens did heretofore pay the yearly rent of xxd.
for a sellar and larke-house near the castle ditch, whereupon
the free school is built: and in consideration of the same is
converted to soe good a work there is noe rent to bee answered
out of the same
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Kyffin Square - Bangor
In the year 1480 Richard Kyffin was made Dean of Bangor Cathedral.
Dean Kyffin was quite an important man is his time, and
he is credited with being influential in having Henry Tudor,
Earl of Richmond become the next king of England, Henry V11.
He was rewarded for his efforts by being granted some land,
and also to name a chantry in the cathedral.
He named the chantry St. Catherine, and he is buried at the
chantry entrance.
He grave was known as : - Bedd y Deon Du........The grave of
the black dean.(apparently he had a very dark complexion)
So it is probable that Kyffin Square is named after the dean
who lived in Bangor over five hundred and twenty years ago.
Bangor Schools - A school in Berllan Bach
In 1810 there were no schools in Bangor for poorer classes,
under a system arranged by Doctor Bell, a house in Berllan Bach
was rented and was used a a school until 1822.
Alms Houses by the cathedral
The will of Bishop Rowlands dated July 1st. 1616, passed certain
land and tenancies to some named church clergy.
The will says that the profits from these shall be used :-
For the maintenance of six poor almsmen, old and impotent,of
honest name and fame, to attend divine service in the Church
of Bangor for ever, on Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays.
They were also to receive two shillings per week and six yards
of good white frieze, to make them gowns towards winter each
year.
The Clio, an Industrial Training Ship for North Wales.
In 1877 the Clio was moored off the pier, and was opened as
a training ship for :- homeless, destitute, and poor respectable
children, who were sent in by magistrates, public guardians
or bodies. No boy was received on board under eleven years of
age, and none could stay after reaching sixteen years of age.
Any boy that had committed a crime was not allowed on the ship
The Clio was a corvette,a three masted vessel built in Sheerness
in 1860
When the Clio was in Admiralty service she carried twenty two
guns. The Clio saw service in the the Pacific Ocean and in waters.
around Australia
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