Newborough, Anglesey
Newborough () is a village in the south-western corner of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is a part of the Bro Aberffraw electoral ward, to the northwest is Aberffraw, and to the northeast is Llanfairpwll. There is a Church in the village, and a public institute. Nearby is the Newborough Warren, a forest, beach, and public natural nature reserve. History In medieval Gwynedd, Rhosyr was the royal demesne () and seat of governance for the commote of Menai. The location was a residence for the Princes of Gwynedd. There is a ruined court building of Llys Rhosyr (Rhosyr court) lying on the outskirts of the present village, the royal court () dates from 1237 and was in use for less than a century. The building was the inspiration and model for the reconstruction of a court at St. Fagans museum, Cardiff. Modern Newborough was founded by citizens of Llanfaes in eastern Anglesey who were evicted by Edward I in 1294 to promote his new port of Beaumaris. It was established as a "new borough" and gained its charter in 1303, the town produced a Burgess. Before that, the town was called Rhôs Vair. In the time of Henry VII of England, the county of Anglesey's court (Assizes) and businesses were moved to the village after 250 years in Beaumaris Castle, , thus giving the village a member of parliament and making it the county town of Anglesey. Then in 1550, the courts and businesses returned to Beaumaris. It was home to a thriving marram grass industry, used for producing matting, nets, and rope. John Morgan, a blind musician, living around 1740, played the crwth in the village. The village gives it's name to Baron Newborough of the Wynn family. The village today In the village is St Peter's Church, the place of worship dates from the 14th century, with additions in the 15th and 16th centuries, and then the church was restored in 1850 and again rebuilt in 1886. The Prichard Jones Institute was built in 1905. The Neo-Tudor institute with a clock tower was designed by Roland Lloyd Jones and completed for less than £20,000, the building is higher than the average in the village because of the problem of strong winds. The Institute appeared on the BBC2 programme, Restoration, in 2006. There are six single-story cottage homes attached to the institute, they were gifted to the village by Sir John Prichard-Jones, who the building was named after and was born in . Sir John served as an apprentice draper in Caernarfon, then moved to London to work in Dickins, Smith and Stevens. Pritchard-Jones was promoted to become chairman of the Dickins & Jones department store in London, to which he gave his name. Today, Newborough has a primary school, Ysgol Santes Dwynwen, which opened in 2019. Recreation The village and its environs provide walking opportunities for visitors, including at Newborough Warren, one of the largest areas of dunes in the British Isles, and Newborough Forest, a