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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moel Y Don like this:
MOEL-Y-DON, a ferry on the Menai strait; near the Britannia bridge. Part of Edward I. 's army crossed it, by a bridge of boats, in 1282; and suffered a severe defeat from the Welsh.
Moel Y Don is now part of ISLE OF ANGLESEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how ISLE OF ANGLESEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moel Y Don itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moel Y Don, in the Isle of Anglesey and Anglesey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29974
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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