Red Wharf, Anglesey

Historical Description

Red Wharf, a bay in the NE of Anglesey, indenting the coast to a point 5½ miles NW of Beaumaris, and 7½ WSW of Puffin Island. It is known to the Welsh as Traeth Coch. It measures about 5 miles across the entrance, and 3 thence to the head, and it has a depth of about 5 fathoms and a sandy shore.

Maps

Online maps of Red Wharf are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail
• The North Wales Chronicle