Still in Caernarfon and wandering around the town and castle walls.
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Through a Rain Spattered Window, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Pen Deitsh – Castle Ditch
Harbour Offices, Cei Llechi, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Cei Llechi – Slate Quay
Caernarfon from Black Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Castle Exit, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Carnarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Drinks in Bar Bach, Tyn y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
The Bar, Bar Bach, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Bar Bach, Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru – The Smallest Pub in Wales
Historic Plaques, Porth Mawr, Stry y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
See Location Here! – plaques can be seen on the left in the tunnel.
Top:
Site of The Exchequer and Chancery of the Principality of North Wales Founded 1284.
Bottom:
This tower was raised twenty eight feet and a half and the clock was improved and filled up with transparent dials in the year of our Lord 1833.
The most Honourable the MARQUESS OF ANGLESEA, MAYOR
WILLIAM ROBERTS ESQ. Deputy Mayor.
DAVID ROWLANDS, GRIFFITH CAVIES – Bailiffs
Former Lloyds Bank Building, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
A Grade II Listed Building
11 Stryd y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
A Grade II Listed Building
Rhydalun House, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
A Grade II Listed Building
Street Sign, Stryd Twll yn y Wal, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Stryd Twll yn y Wal – Hole in the Wall Street
Tŷ Dre Town House, Stryd Fawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Our room on the top floor!
Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, Stryd y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn Our Last Leader) was killed in battle in 1282. His death led directly to the establishment of the bastide town of Caernarfon. Commissioned by Gwynedd County Council to commemorate 700th anniversary of Llywelyn’s death in 1282.
Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf – in Memory of Llywelyn Our Last Leader
Stryd Y Jel, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Shirehall Street
Morgan Lloyd, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Sgwâr y Castell – Castle Square
A Grade II Listed Building
Sir Hugh Owen, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Statue, David Lloyd George, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
In 1890 Lloyd George narrowly won a Parliamentary by-election for Caernarvon Boroughs, the boroughs of Caernarfon, Bangor, Conwy, Criccieth, Nefyn and Pwllheli. He held the seat as a Liberal until two months before his death in 1945. The town’s former Liberal Club is a short distance north of here.
He held key Government posts: President of the Board of Trade (1905-1908); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-1915); Minister of Munitions (1915-1916); and Prime Minister (1916-1922).
He was a controversial figure, particularly for his stances on the Boer War, Palestine and Irish independence. Although mostly supporting votes for women, his fluctuating stance made him an enemy of the suffragette movement and his meetings were often disrupted. His personal life was sometimes a source of gossip but he is primarily remembered as the initiator of the welfare state and as Britain’s leader in the First World War.
He died at Llanystumdwy on 26 March 1945 and is buried beside the River Dwyfor. His daughter Megan was Wales’ first female MP. His son Gwilym was Minister for Food and Power in the Second World War and later Home Secretary.
Dedication Plaque, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Wynedd, Wales UK
This stone records the generous deed of a local subject Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith Baronet of Vaynol who gave three houses to be demolished in order that some thousands of his countrymen might witness the investiture of The Prince of Wales 13th July 1911. He also gave the ground whereon they stood to The Crown to be forever open to the public and free from building.
See image further down showing the location of the plaque.
Boats on Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Afon Seiont – Zion River
Pont yr Aber, Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Windows, Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Grade II Listed Building, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
This building is on the edge of the square where the David Lloyd George Statue is located
Eagle Tower to Queen’s Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Queen’s Gate, Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Caernarfon Castle, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Doorway, Maes Glas, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
A Grade II Listed Building
y Castell, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
The Castle Hotel
Building Façade, Paternoster Buildings, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Grade II Listed Building
Castle Square Presbyterian Church, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Grade II Listed Building built in 1883
Blind Justice, Old Courthouse, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Old Town Walls Entrance, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Bridge to Castle Entrance, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon,Gwynedd, Wales UK
Castle Doorway, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Town Walls, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Drinks at Dinner Time, Y Goran (The Crown), Cnr Stryd Fawr & Stryd Y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
