Beaumaris Court/Gardens/Road

Beaumaris Road is the major route in a comparatively modern part of Hartley Vale in Plymouth. Along with Beaumaris Gardens and Beaumaris Court that run off it, it is named after a 13th century moated castle on the island of Anglesey, off the Welch coast.

The castle was built following the Edwardian conquest of Wales and castles are the common theme for all the other contemporary streets in this development. Beaumaris is the county town of Anglesey and is on the picturesque Beaumaris Bay, to the north of the Menai Strait. A popular summer resort, people visit for the yachting, golf and to swim.

The name, Beaumaris, recorded in Latin in 1284, a decade before the castle was built, as Bello Marisco, comes from 'beau marais' meaning beautiful marsh and alluding its attractive low-lying location four miles from the Menai Bridge.

EH 2 January 2001