Skerries Lighthouse
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title:
Skerries Lighthouse
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The Skerries Lighthouse was first lit on the highest point of the largest island in The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey after 1716. A patent for the lighthouse was subsequently obtained in 1824. The builder was William Trench, who lost his son off the rocks and died in debt in 1725. He is said to have originally been allowed a pension from the Post Office, rather than payment from shipping tolls. An act of 1730 allowed his son-in-law, Sutton Morgan, to increase the dues charged for shipping and confi
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Lighthouse in Anglesey, Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skerries_Lighthouse
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2023-08-19T10:30:54Z
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