This pleasant little town is the capital of the island of Anglesea. Its
name is formed from the French words _beau_, fair, and _marais_, marsh.
The Castle was built by Edward I. towards the close of the thirteenth
century, and its ruins are now included in the domains of Lady Bulkeley.
On the accession of Charles II. Lord Bulkeley was Constable of the
Castle. The lowness of its site, and the great diameter of its circular
towers and bastions, together with the dilapidated state of its walls,
deprive this structure, though exceedingly ponderous, of that prominent
character and imposing effect so strikingly apparent in the prouder piles
of Carnarvon and Conway. The town sends one member to Parliament.