HOLYHEAD (Caergybi, the fort of Cybi, the

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• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint mentioned by

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• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew

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• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold as

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• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting St Seiriol of Penm6n,

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• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey)  , a seaport and market-town of Anglesey, N . Wales, situated on the small Holy Island, at the western end of the county . Pop. of urban district (1901) 10,079 . Here the London and North-Western railway has a terminus, 2631 M. from London by rail . Holy Island is connected with Anglesey by an embankment, m. long, over which pass the railway and main road, the tide flowing fast under the central piers . Once a small fishing village, the town has since William IV.'s reign acquired importance al5 the Dublin mail steam station . Its magnificent harbour of refuge was begun in 1847 and opened in September 1873 . The east breakwater scheme, which would have covered the Platter's rocks—still very troublesome—and the Skinner's, was abandoned for buoys which mark the spots . The north breakwater is 786o ft. long (instead of 5360, as originally planned) . The roadstead (400 acres) and enclosed area (267 acres) together make a magnificent shelter for shipping . The rubble mound of the breakwater was very costly to the railway company, as time after time it was swept away by storms . On it is a central wall of some 38 ft. above low water, and on the wall a promenade sheltered by a parapet .

The lighthouse is at the end of the breakwater, of which the whole cost was nearly 12 million

sterling . Additional works, begun in 1873 by the company, to extend the old harbour and lengthen the quay by 4000 ft., were opened by King Edward VII . (as prince of Wales) in 1880 . These cost another half million . George IV. passed through Holyhead in 1821 on his way to Ireland, and there is a commemorative tablet on the old harbour pier . The church is said to occupy the site of the old monastery (6th or early 7th century) of St Cybi, of whom there is a rude figure in the porch . The churchyard wall, 6 ft. thick, is possibly partly Roman . On the south of the harbour is an obelisk in memory of Captain Skinner, of the steam packets, washed overboard in 1833 . Pen Caergybi rises perpendicularly from the sea to the height of 719 ft., at some 2 M. from the town; it is a mass of serpentine rocks, off which lie the North and South Stacks, each with a lighthouse with a revolving light, visible for 20 m., and 197 ft. above high water on the South Stack . On the hill are traces of British fortification, including a circular building, probably a Roman watch-tower . Coasting trade and fishing, with some shipbuilding and the Irish traffic, occupy most of the inhabitants . See Hon .

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Stanley's Holy Island and Holyhead .