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Holyhead Telegraph Station, Holyhead

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NPRN300834
Map ReferenceSH28SW
Grid ReferenceSH2174783407
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityTrearddur
Type Of SiteSIGNAL STATION
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Holyhead Telegraph Station was part of the Liverpool and Holyhead Telegraph (nprn 300822). It was built for a previous local telegraph in 1810, taken over by the L&H Telegraph in 1827 and rebuilt in 1841. The building is now a ruinous walled complex.

Source: Faster than the Wind: The Liverpool to Holyhead Telegraph; Frank Large; Avid Publications; 1998.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 14 September 2000.