Beaumaris
Beaumaris is an area, 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 coast of North Wales. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,938. Beaumaris was the port of registration for all vessels in North West Wales, covering every harbour on Anglesey and all the ports from Conwy to Pwllheli. Shipbuilding was a major sector in Beaumaris. This was centred on Gallows Point-- a nearby spit of land prolonging into the Menai Strait regarding a mile west of the town. Gallows Point had initially been called "Osmund's Eyre" but was renamed when the town gallows was erected there-- in addition to a "Dead House" for the remains of offenders sent off in public executions. Later on, hangings were executed at the community gaol and the bodies buried in a lime-pit within the curtilage of the gaol. Among the last detainees to hang at Beaumaris issued a curse prior to he died-- announcing that if he was innocent the 4 faces of the church clock would never show the same time.