Transcribed from the 1853 Smith and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE VISITOR’S HAND-BOOK FOR HOLYHEAD, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE TOWN, THE Antiquities and Sublime Scenery OF THE MOUNTAIN, WITH A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE WONDERS OF SOUTH STACK AND THE GIGANTIC NEW HARBOUR: ALSO, INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STEAM PACKETS, RAILWAYS, &c., AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. BY THOMAS JACKSON, R.M., AUTHOR OF TOURIST’S GUIDE TO BRITANNIA BRIDGE, TOURIST’S GUIDE TO DUBLIN, &c. * * * * * LONDON: PUBLISHED BY SMITH AND SONS, 136, STRAND, AND MAY BE HAD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ALL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM. 1853. * * * * * INDEX. Page. Holyhead 5 The Church 10 Church Walls 10 The Filial Request 11 Population 14 Distances of places from Holyhead 14 Post Office 14 Delivery of Letters 14 Agents 15 Banks 15 Ancient Customs 15 Holyhead Pier 18 Grand Triumphal Arch 19 Holyhead Lighthouse 20 Captain Skinner’s Monument 21 Skerries Lighthouse 22 South Stack by Land 23 South Stack Lighthouse 23 South Stack by Water 25 South Stack Sea-birds 29 Reflections on the Three Lighthouses 32 A Stroll to the Mountain Telegraph 34 The Tourist’s Pic Nic 37