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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARDSEY (i.e. " Bards' See also:Island ": cf. See also:Anglesey, " Angles' Island "; Welsh, Ynys Enlli, " isle of the current ")  , an See also:island at the See also:northern extremity of See also:Cardigan See also:Bay . The " See also:sound " between Aberdaron point and the island is some 4 M. wide . See also:Bardsey is included in See also:Carnarvonshire, See also:North See also:Wales (but traditionally in S . Wales) . On the N.W. See also:side it has high cliffs . It is about 22 M. See also:long by s m. broad, with an See also:area of some 370 acres, a third of which is hilly . See also:Barley and oats are grown . On the S.E. side is a fairly deep See also:harbour . On the N.E. are the ruins of the See also:tower of St See also:Mary's See also:abbey (13th See also:century) . There is no See also:Anglican See also:church, the inhabitants being Dissenters . They are farmers and fishermen . The See also:light-See also:house, with fixed light, 140 ft. high and visible for 17 m., is locally celebrated .

The rectory of Aberdaron (on the mainland, opposite Bardsey), Penmachnoand Llangwnadl(Llangwynhoedl), in Lleyn (S . Carnarvonshire), belong to St See also:

John's See also:College, See also:Cambridge . St Dubricius made the See also:sanctuary famous, and died here in 612 . Here was the See also:burial-See also:place of all the monks whose See also:friends could afford to go thither with their bodies . All the See also:great abbeys of See also:England sent their See also:quota . Roads to Bardsey —with the monks' See also:wells, found at intervals of 7 to 9 m.—run from north, See also:east and See also:south . The remnant of priests fled thither (after the great See also:massacre of See also:Bangor-is-coed in 613, by Ethelfride of See also:Northumbria) by the road of the Rivals (Yn Eifl) See also:hill, S . Carnarvonshire, on which Pistyll See also:farm still gives See also:food gratis to all pilgrims or travellers . A See also:part of the isle is one great See also:cemetery of about 3 to 4 acres, with See also:rude, rough See also:graves as See also:close to each other as possible, with slabs upon them . Though Aberdaron rectory does not belong to the isle, the farm " Cwrt (See also:Court), where the See also:abbot held his court, still goes with Bardsey, which was granted to John See also:Wynn of Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, after the See also:battle and partial See also:sack of See also:Norwich by the Puritans in the See also:Civil See also:War; passing through Mary Bodvel to her See also:husband, the See also:earl of See also:Radnor, who sold it to Dr See also:Wilson of See also:York . The See also:doctor, in turn, sold it to See also:Sir John Wynn, of Glynllifon and Bodfean See also:Hall, Carnarvonshire . One of the Wynns, the 3rd See also:Baron Newborough, was, at his wish, buried here .

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archaeology and See also:history of the isle are voluminous . See also:Lady See also:Guest's See also:Mabinogion See also:translation (i. p . 115, ed. of 1838) gives an See also:account of the (legendary) Bardsey House of See also:Glass, into which See also:Merlin (Myrddin) took a magic See also:ring, originally kept at See also:Caerleon-on-See also:Usk .

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It is my understanding that surname Beardsley "Bardsea"is derived from the Iand of Bardsey Bard's Island. He was one of William the First's Cheifs and was owner or lord of Bardsea. If anyone one would have any information please contact John Robert Beardsley. Thank you.
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