Churches of the British Isles

The Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Beaumaris, occupies grounds between Church Street (east) and Steeple Lane (west). It was founded about 1330 to serve the new town here. It retains an original decorated nave, with four-bay arcades. The chancel was rebuilt around 1500 in Perpendicular style. The four stage west tower has a battlemented parapet. The upper section was remodelled in the early 1800s, and the north vestry and south porch added.

Capel Seion is at the south-west corner of Steeple Lane and Chapel Street. The first Capel Seion was built in 1784, the earliest nonconformist foundation here. It was smaller and orientated differently, but a larger building was clearly needed. The present Italianate chapel of scribed roughcast painted yellow-brown was standing by 1889 and remained in service for about a century. It closed at the end of the 1900s and has since been converted into a private residence.

St Cybi's Church, Holyhead, is on the west side of Victoria Road, around seventy metres south of the junction with Swift Square. A church was traditionally founded here by St Cybi within the walls of a late Roman fort. The present building dates mainly from the late 1400s and/or early 1500s. The chancel incorporates masonry of the previous structure (1200s). Restoration was carried out in 1877-1879 by Sir Gilbert Scott. The Stanley chapel dates to 1896-1897.

All photos on this page kindly contributed by Elliott Brown, via the 'History Files: Churches of the British Isles' Flickr group. Additional information by Elliot Brown.