Anglesey Central Railway Amlwch. The railways arrived on Anglesey with the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, of which the section from Llanfairpwll to Holyhead opened in 1848, two years before the Britannia Bridge was finished. The Chester and Holyhead railway surveyed a branch to Llangefni in 1852, but chose not to proceed. George Stephenson notably reported that the line was not worth building. The idea of a local railway was still of interest to the people of Anglesey. A public meeting was held in Llangefni on 5 July 1858, to popularise the idea of building a railway leaving the main line
Valley, Anglesey Valley, Anglesey Valley is a village, community and former electoral ward near Holyhead on the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. Population (2001) 2,413, decreasing to 2,361 at the 2011 census. In Welsh it is referred to as either Y Dyffryn (meaning The Valley) or [Y] Fali (pronounced as Valley). Recent research, prompted by local opposition to the name of Y Fali, suggested that Valley may be a corruption of the Irish "Bally" (settlement), or "Baile" as it is spelled in Irish. There does not appear to be a traditional Welsh language placename for the village, and thus there has