Hanes / History

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…

In January 2018 Miriam Sanders, a local fundraiser for the Royal British Legion, had the idea of draping St Eleth Church in poppies to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1. What started with a few locals meeting in the church to knit and crochet poppies soon escalated via social media and the local…

Mae’r Cyngor Tref yn brysur yn gosod meinciau newydd led led y dref – o Borth Amlwch i Borth Llechog! Bydd nifer o rhain yn rhan o lwybr treftadaeth yn rhannu hanes am leoedd a phobl o ddiddordeb yn ein cymuned. Bydd rhai hefyd yn cael eu mabwysiadu er cof am drigolion ein bro. Os…

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…