Undaunted, Henry proceeded as far as the river Conwy, and began building a new castle at Deganwy.
Deganwy |
The Conwy Valley Line was constructed by the London and North Western Railway with the primary aim of transporting dressed slate from the Blaenau Ffestiniog quarries to a specially built quay at Deganwy for export by sea.
The church was extensively rebuilt in 1865 but incorporates the roof beams and many other features of the former late medieval church said to have been built on the site of the original mid-6th-century church of Maelgwn Gwynedd whose castle was within the parish on the twin peaks at Deganwy.
He was enjoying a noontide nap in his castle at Deganwy when the news was brought to him that Welsh raiders had landed in three ships underneath the Great Orme and pillaged his lands.