Beaumaris Castle in Wales was built in the late 13th century and is an example of concentric castle s which developed in the medieval period.

* Work begins on construction of Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey, last of the ring of castles built by Edward I of England to subdue Wales.

As part of this occupation he instructed his leading nobles to construct eight new castles across the region ; Aberystwyth and Builth in mid-Wales and Beaumaris, Conwy, Caernarfon, Flint, Harlech and Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales.

Bodiam Castle built in the 1380s possessed a moat, towers and gunports but, rather than being a genuine military fortification, the castle was primarily intended to be admired by visitors and used as a luxurious dwelling – the chivalric architecture implicitly invoking comparisons with Edward I's great castle at Beaumaris.

Beaumaris Castle in Wales, showing its restored appearance following work in the 1920s

The great concentric ringed fortresses, like Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey, were designed so that the inner walls were ready built coupures: if an attacker succeeded in breaching the outer walls, he would be in a killing field between the lower outer walls and the higher inner walls.

Beaumaris Castle, located in the town of the same name on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer the north of Wales after 1282.

Beaumaris Castle was taken by Welsh forces in 1403 during the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion, but recaptured by royal forces in 1405.

Historian Arnold Taylor has described Beaumaris Castle as Britain's " most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning ".

Beaumaris Castle was placed under siege and captured by the rebels in 1403, being retaken by royal forces in 1405.

Beaumaris Castle was an strategic location in the war, as it controlled part of the route between the king's bases in Ireland and his operations in England.

In the 21st century Beaumaris Castle is managed by Cadw, the Welsh Assembly Government's agency for historic monuments, as a tourist attraction, with 75, 000 visitors during the 2007 – 08 financial year.

Beaumaris Castle was never fully built, but had it been completed it would probably have closely resembled Harlech Castle.

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Newborough was founded by Edward I of England in 1294, to house the people he evicted from Llanfaes in order to build Beaumaris Castle.

Beaumaris was originally a Viking settlement known as Porth y Wygyr (" Port of the Vikings "), but the town itself began its development in 1295 when Edward I of England, having conquered Wales, commissioned the building of Beaumaris Castle as part of a chain of fortifications around the North Wales coast ( others include Conwy, Caernarfon and Harlech ).

VR opened a second, standard gauge, electric tramway from Sandringham railway station to Black Rock on 10 March 1919, it was extended to Beaumaris on 2 September 1926.

The chosen site was called Beaumaris, meaning " fair marsh ", whose name derives from the Norman-French Beau Mareys, and in Latin the castle was termed de Bello Marisco.

The castle was positioned in one corner of the town, following a similar town plan to that in the town of Conwy, although in Beaumaris no town walls were constructed at first, despite some foundations being laid.

From 1295 onwards, Beaumaris became his primary responsibility and more frequently he was given the title " magister operacionum de Bello Marisco ".

The work was recorded in considerable detail on the pipe rolls, the continuous records of medieval royal expenditure, and, as a result, the early stages of construction at Beaumaris are relatively well understood for the period.

Anglesey revolted against Parliament again in 1648, and Beaumaris was briefly reoccupied by royalist forces, surrendering for a second time in October that year.

After the war many castles were slighted, damaged to put them beyond military use, but Parliament was concerned about the threat of a royalist invasion from Scotland and Beaumaris was spared.

Although not as popular as other sites in the region, Beaumaris formed part of this trend and was visited by the future Queen Victoria in 1832 for an Eisteddfod festival and it was painted by J. M. W. Turner in 1835.

Beaumaris was declared part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage site in 1986, UNESCO considering it one of " the finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe ".

Historian Arnold Taylor described Beaumaris as Britain's " most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning " and for many years the castle was regarded as the pinnacle of military engineering during Edward I's reign.

This evolutionary interpretation is now disputed by historians: Beaumaris was as much a royal palace and symbol of English power as it was a straightforward defensive fortification.

Master James of Saint George ( c. 1230 – 1309 ), also known as Jacques de Saint-Georges d ' Espéranche, was an architect from Savoy responsible for designing many of Edward I's castles, including Conwy, Harlech and Caernarfon ( all begun in 1283 ) and Beaumaris in Anglesey ( begun 1295 ).

Notable buildings in the town include the castle, a courthouse built in 1614, the 14th century St Mary's parish church, Beaumaris Gaol, the 14th-century Tudor Rose ( one of the oldest original timber-framed buildings in Britain ) and the Bulls Head Inn, built in 1472, which General Thomas Mytton made his headquarters during the " Siege of Beaumaris " during the second English Civil War in 1648.

Concentric castles appeared in Europe in the 13th century, with the castles built in Wales by Edward I providing some outstanding examples, in particular Beaumaris Castle, a " perfect concentric castle ", albeit unfinished.

As Beaumaris was built on flat terrain rather than a spur, it was both necessary and possible to build walls and towers facing in all directions, giving a very regular, almost square, floor plan to the castle.

Named Beaumaris Town and Beaumaris Estate ( after the pastoral run in the area and ultimately after Beaumaris in Wales ) he marketed the lots by suggesting the railway was imminent and a canal would be built.

On 7 September, York landed at Beaumaris.

* Charles Jones ( MP for Beaumaris ), Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640

Royal castles such as Beaumaris, although designed with defence in mind, were designed to hold up to eleven different households at any one time.

When he was about eight, the family moved to Holyhead, and his first school was at Beaumaris in Anglesey.

The present junior hall ( Longford Hall ) is located at the school's playing fields about a mile away whilst the three senior boys ' boarding houses ( Beaumaris, Roddam and Picken ) are to be found situated in large Georgian townhouses facing the High Street just 50 metres away from the main gates on the same side of the road as the main school ( often referred to as ' Big School ').

Making regular stops up the lakes, including at Bracebridge, Beaumaris, and Port Carling, tourists could transfer to smaller ships, such as the Islander.

* 1936 ( 7 September ): Last known Tasmanian tiger ( thylacine ) dies at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo

Their works at Beaumaris, Anglesey, modified and serviced Catalinas for the Royal Air Force.

Bodies were manufactured at Beaumaris for installing on " Leyland Royal Tiger " and " Leyland Tiger Cub " chassis ; SARO bodied 250 RTs for London Transport between 1948 and 1950 ( RT 1152 – 1401 ), which were almost indistinguishable from the standard Weymann / Park Royal products ; and some double-deck buses for Liverpool Corporation.

A requirement that all trade in the immediate area be conducted at Beaumaris meant the town became the main commercial centre of Anglesey.

One of the last prisoners to hang at Beaumaris issued a curse before he died-decreeing that if he was innocent the four faces of the church clock would never show the same time.

A marina on the western shore of Gallows Point has been proposed, but at present all moorings at Beaumaris are tidal.

It is known locally for its beach which extends from the cliffs in Beaumaris and ends at Warrigal Road where it meets Parkdale.

Major towns in the area include St Helens, St Marys, Scamander, Beaumaris, Fingal and the beautiful valley of Pyengana, which is located at the foothill of the Blue Tiers and Home to Famous Pyengana Dairy's Cloth bound Cheddar, Anchor Organics and Yum Tasmanians gourmet potatoes and Pyengana Premium Meats, also boasting the states highest water fall, St. Columba, with Halls Falls and Ralphs Falls nearby.

These are Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and canal and, collectively, the Edwardian castles and town walls of the region which comprise those at Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy and Harlech.

The layout was rectangular ( at Belvoir and Beaumaris ) where the terrain permitted, or an irregular polygon ( at Krak and Margat ) where curtain walls of a spur castle followed the contours of a hill.

He died at Beaumaris in Anglesey and is buried at St Sadwrn's church in Llansadwrn where his grave is marked by a glacial erratic boulder.