“Tales of Wales – The Lords of Llaneugrad”
(a small parish on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales)
Presented by Gill Hodkinson
“Tales of Wales – The “Lords” of Llaneugrad (a small parish on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey in North Wales)”
The stories of some of the most interesting owners including a Turncoat, The “Golden Peacock” of Penrhyn, The Beaumaris Bulkeley Empire founder, A Ghost on Horseback, A Barbados Sugar Plantation owner, “Mad” Tom Hervey, The Copper Kings of Parys Mountain, and The Williams of Bodelwyddan. All were owners of thousands of acres across North Wales, their stories never fail to amuse and educate.….
Gill has published a book on Amazon self-publishing called The Lords of Llaneugrad and it covers ownership of the parish lands from the pre-Roman time of the Druids through the 1960s. It is so much more than a factual history book as I also extensively researched the genealogy and lives of these owners and found out all sorts of very interesting tales associated with them. Her ambition for the book was to document and preserve the memories. Much of her research was done with her teenage nephew who lives on Anglesey, and it is a great deal of original research from source documents. Throughout the presentation she will try to weave in information and knowledge that is fundamental to researching family history in Wales, regardless of the location of your ancestors in the country.
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