Beaumaris
Beaumaris is a neighborhood, as well as the former county town, of Anglesey, Wales, at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal river separating Anglesey from the coastline of North Wales. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,938. Beaumaris was the port of enrollment for all vessels in North West Wales, covering every harbour on Anglesey and all the ports from Conwy to Pwllheli. Shipbuilding was a significant market in Beaumaris. This was centred on Gallows Point-- a nearby spit of land extending into the Menai Strait concerning a mile west of the town. Gallows Point had actually initially been called "Osmund's Eyre" however was renamed when the town hangings was erected there-- together with a "Dead House" for the remains of bad guys sent off in public executions. Later on, hangings were executed at the community gaol as well as the bodies buried in a lime-pit within the curtilage of the gaol. One of the last prisoners to hang at Beaumaris released a curse before he passed away-- announcing that if he was innocent the four faces of the church clock would never reveal the very same time.