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The English name for Anglesey may be derived from the Old Norse; either Ǫngullsey "Hook Island" [8] or Ǫnglisey "Ǫngli's Island". [8] [9] No record of such an Ǫngli survives, [10] but the place name was used by Viking raiders as early as the 10th century and later adopted by the Normans during their invasions of Gwynedd. [11]
The alternative English name of the island is Holyhead Island. According to the 2011 UK Census , the population was 13,659, of whom 11,431 (84%) lived in the largest town, Holyhead . Pre-history of Holy Island
Orkney is pre-Norse in origin and Pictish, as may be the uninhabited Orkney island name Damsay, meaning "lady's isle". [32] Remarkably few Pictish placenames of any kind can be identified in Orkney and Shetland, although some apparently Norse names may be adaptations of earlier Pictish ones.
County name Language of origin Meaning Anglesey: Old Norse: Ongull's Island Brecknockshire: Welsh: Brycheiniog + shire : Brychan's territory Caernarfonshire: Welsh: Shire of Caernarfon: Fort opposite Fôn (Môn is the Welsh name for Anglesey, fon is its lenited form, used here after a preposition) Cardiganshire: Welsh
English name derived from Norse meaning "Bard's island" ("Bard" probably being a person's name), Welsh name probably originally Ynys Fenlli, "Benlli's island", [11] or possibly from Old Welsh Ynis en Lliv meaning "Island in (the) Tide". [citation needed] Blackwood: Coed-duon Both English and Welsh names mean "black woodland" Brecon: Aberhonddu
The islands can be visited by charter boat from Holyhead. The individual islets are accessible from one another at low tide and by small bridges. The name "Skerry" is the Scottish diminutive of the Old Norse "sker", and means a small rocky reef or island. [1] The Welsh name for these islands, 'Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid', means "Islands of the ...
Stanley Embankment, looking towards Holy Island. The Stanley Embankment, or The Cob, connects Anglesey and Holy Island. It carries the North Wales Coast Line railway and the A5 road. The embankment was designed and built by Thomas Telford. When the A5 was being constructed between London and the Port of Holyhead, a more direct route was needed.
The Roman forces then had to cross the Menai Strait, a narrow strip of water some 8km long that separates the island of Anglesey from the rest of the Welsh mainland. The sea crossing would be short and relatively easy at slack water , but at full strength the tidal currents can be up to 7.5 knots with much turbulence in the narrower and rockier ...