The close association of St Patrick with Ireland extends back to Patrick’s own writings, probably dating to the fifth century. In these letters he states that he came from a Christian family in Britain. The location of his upbringing in Britain has…

The two-storey folly was erected in 1868 for Ellin or Ellen Stanley. Ellen came from the Williams family of Bodelwyddan near St Asaph in north Wales and married William Owen Stanley of Penrhos in 1832. They lived at Penrhos mansion near Holyhead,…