Marquess of Anglesey’s Column

The Marquess of Anglesey's Column, or Anglesey Column, is a Doric column near on the island of , Wales. It commemorates the military achievements in the Napoleonic Wars of Henry William Paget, the first marquess of Anglesey, who is depicted in the statue at the top of the column.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monument in Anglesey, Wales
  • Also known as: “Anglesey Column”, “Marquess of Anglesey’s Column - Colofn Ardalydd Môn”, and “Marquis of Anglesey Column”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Britannia Bridge and Llanfairpwll railway station.

Bridge
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is a bridge in that crosses the between the Isle of Anglesey and the city of . It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic. is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.

Railway station
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, also signposted as Llanfairpwll­gwyngyll­gogerych­wyrndrobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch, is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from to , serving the village of , , . is situated 2,800 feet west of Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.

Church
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St Mary's Church is a parish church in , , Wales. It was built in 1853 to serve the village in the Diocese of Bangor and is a Grade II-listed building. is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vaynol and Menai Bridge.

Hamlet
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or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near in , . It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west . It overlooks the and lies by the , built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.

Village
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, meaning "top of the mountain" in Welsh, is a village on , Wales, and the main village in the community of and Star. It is known for being the birthplace of the Tudors of , which became the House of Tudor. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.

Marquess of Anglesey’s Column

Latitude
53.22086° or 53° 13′ 15″ north
Longitude
-4.19675° or 4° 11′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C5Q6RC3+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 324732056
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q17742135
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“Marquess of Anglesey’s Column” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عمود انجلسى”
  • Japanese: “アングルシー侯爵の円柱”
  • Welsh: “Colofn Ardalydd Môn”
  • Welsh: “Tŵr y Marcwis”

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Highlights include Ebenezer Capel and White Lodge.

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