The Visitor's Hand-Book for Holyhead

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Author

Jackson, Thomas, 1798-1873

Title

The Visitor's Hand-Book for Holyhead Comprising a History of the Town, the Antiquities and Sublime Scenery of the Mountain

Credits

Transcribed from the 1853 Smith and Sons edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Holyhead (Wales) -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52260

Release Date

June 7, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE VISITOR’S HAND-BOOK FOR HOLYHEAD, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE TOWN, THE Antiquities and Sublime Scenery OF THE MOUNTAIN,
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.HOLYHEAD. — THE CHURCH — THE CHURCH WALLS — POPULATION OF HOLYHEAD. — DISTANCES OF PLACES. — POST OFFICE. — DELIVERY OF LETTERS. — DESPATCH OF LETTERS. — AGENTS. — BANKS. — ANCIENT CUSTOMS.—EGG TAKING, FROM THE CLIFFS OF HOLYHEAD. — SHALL I GET MARRIED THIS MONTH? — DANCING MATCH. — HOLYHEAD PIER—OLD HARBOUR. — GRAND TRIUMPHAL ARCH. — HOLYHEAD LIGHT-HOUSE. — MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN SKINNER. — THE CAPTAIN’S GRAVE. — SKERRIES LIGHT-HOUSE. — SOUTH STACK—BY LAND. — THE LIGHT-HOUSE — SOUTH STACK—BY WATER. — MY NATIVE BAY. — SOUTH STACK SEA-BIRDS. — SEA GULLS. — THE GUILLEMOT. — REFLECTIONS ON THE THREE LIGHT-HOUSES. — A STROLL TO THE MOUNTAIN TELEGRAPH. — THE TOURIST’S PIC NIC. — THE SIGNAL OR SEMAPHORIC TELEGRAPH. — THE EXTENSIVE PROSPECT FROM THE MOUNTAIN TELEGRAPH. — A RAMBLE TO THE MOUNTAIN HEAD. — ANTIQUITIES. — REFLECTIONS. — NEW HARBOUR. — CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. — RAILWAY STATION. — DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. — STEAM PACKETS. — STEAM-PACKETS TO AND FROM IRELAND. — Departure . — Arrivals . — HOTELS. — TRIPS BY SEA. — PENRHOS PARK. — LADY STANLEY’S HOSPITALITY TO SHIPWRECKED SAILORS. — ST. BRIDE’S, OR TOWYN CHAPEL; AND THE ANCIENT TUMULUS. — CROMLECHS, OR DRUIDICAL ALTARS. — TREFIGNETH CROMLECHI. — ANCIENT STONES OF MEMORIAL. — BOUNDARY STONES.
5. 5.ADVERTISEMENTS. — THOMAS ROBERTS, BRITANNIA BRIDGE REFRESHMENT ROOMS. — THE NEW LONDON HOUSE, MARKET STREET, HOLYHEAD. — THOMAS NAYLOR’S BRITISH HOTEL, — HEALTH FOR A SHILLING! — SOLD AT HOLYHEAD, BANGOR, AND CARNARVON, BY ALL THE MEDICINE VENDORS, THE CELEBRATED CAMBRIAN MEDICINE!! — British College of Health, New Road, London. — THE TOURIST’S GUIDE TO DUBLIN:
6. 6.FOOTNOTES.

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