Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Holyhead. You may be able to find further references to Holyhead in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
HOLYHEAD	a sea port town, a parish, and a sub-district	Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Holyhead within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
George Borrow	Around Anglesey (4)	11
John Wesley	1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy	4
George Borrow	Bangor, Anglesey and Snowdon	3
John Wesley	1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions	3
George Borrow	Around Anglesey (2)	2
William Camden	Rest of Wales	2
Daniel Defoe	Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales	2
Arthur Young	1776 Tour from Essex to Shropshire	2
Arthur Young	11th to 19th October 1776: Tipperary and Waterford	2
George Borrow	Around Anglesey (3)	1
Charles Wesley	May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland	1
Charles Wesley	Jan: 15 - Apr. 29, 1748: Ireland, Wales and meeting future wife	1
Charles Wesley	May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland	1
Charles Wesley	Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales	1
Daniel Defoe	Appendix to the second volume	1
John Wesley	1746-8: Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley's Protest against Lawlessness	1
John Wesley	1760-2: Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; Speaking Statue; Pentecost	1
John Wesley	1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People	1
John Wesley	1781-4: An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Scotland	1
John Wesley	1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life	1
Arthur Young	19th to 30th June 1776: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Westmeath	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Holy Island	0	2
Llanfwrog	0	2
Valley	0	2
Llanynghenedl	0	2
Llanfachreth	0	2
Rhoscolyn	0	2
Llanfaethlu	0	2
Llanfair Yn Neubwll	0	2
Llanfigael	0	2
Llanllibio	0	2
Llanfihangel Yn Howyn	0	2
Bodedern	0	2
Llanrhuddlad	0	2
Llanddeusant	0	3
Treffynon	0	2
Llanfair Yng Nghornwy	0	2
Llifon	0	2
Bryngwran	0	2
Llechylched	0	2
Llanfflewyn	0	2