Hanes / History

On Wednesday, February 20th, 1828: James Webster, the proprietor of the Parys Mountain sulphuric acid works, stands in the window of his home, Fudrol, observing the huge funeral procession as it makes its way to St. Eleth’s Church; he is full of memories. It is the funeral of Cadi Rondol, or Catherine Randal as recorded…

The Dinorben arms hotel has been part of the Heart & History of Amlwch for almost 250 years The town of Amlwch developed from a small coastal fishing village with just a few houses following the discovery of copper at the nearby Parys Mountain in 1786. The historic core of the town centres around what…

The Whitfield family came to live in Bull Bay in 1976 and Andy attended Amlwch Primary School and then Syr Thomas Jones until the age of 18;   he moved to Sheffield to attend University for 4 years where he attained a degree in Civil Engineering. In 1999 he and Vashti moved to Sydney to follow…

Records show that prior to the construction of the present Roman Catholic Church in Amlwch masses were presumed to have taken place in a ‘stable’ at the back of the Dinorben Hotel.  In 1932 a better centre was secured in Mona Street, but during that year the foundations for the new church on Bull Bay…