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Newborough ((ウェールズ語:Niwbwrch) or ) is a village in the south-western corner of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales; it is in the community and the electoral ward of Rhosyr, which has a population of 2,169,〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Neighbourhood Statistics : Census 2001 : Isle of Anglesey'' )〕 increasing to 2,226 at the 2011 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward/Community population 2011 )〕 ==History== In medieval Gwynedd, Rhosyr was the royal demesne ((ウェールズ語:maerdref)) and seat of governance for the commote of Menai.〔Lloyd, John E. ''A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest'', (p. 232 ). Longmans, Green, & Co. (London), 1911. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.〕 The ruined court buildings of Llys Rhosyr ('Rhosyr Court') lie on the outskirts of the present village. Their precise nature is uncertain, but archaeologists at Gwynedd Archaeological Trust consider them to have been a royal home and have established an exhibition of their findings in the village's Pritchard Jones Institute. Modern Newborough was founded by citizens of Llanmaes in eastern Anglesey who were evicted by Edward I in 1294 in order to promote his new port of Beaumaris. It was, literally, established as a "new borough" and gained its charter in 1303. In the 16th century, Newborough was the county town of Anglesey. It was home to a thriving marram grass industry, used for producing matting, nets and rope. From 1541 to 1553 the constituency of Newborough returned a member to the English Parliament. John Morgan, a blind musician living around 1740, played the crwth in the village. Newborough is the home of the Prichard Jones Institute, considered an exceptional example of an early 20th-century public institution. The Institute and the six single-storey cottage homes that accompany it were a gift to the village by Sir John Prichard-Jones, who was born in Newborough. Sir John served an apprenticeship as a draper, eventually rising to become chairman of the Dickins & Jones department store in London, to which he gave his name. The Institute was designed by Roland Lloyd Jones and completed in 1905 at a cost of £20,000. The neo-Tudor style two-storey building, complete with clock tower, is an unusually lofty design for a location often buffeted by strong south-westerly winds. The Institute appeared on the BBC2 programme, ''Restoration'', in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newborough, Anglesey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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