History of Conwy Castle  Life began in the town that was to
become Conwy long before Conwy Castle stood here. Welsh settlers
recognised the region as naturally strong because of the large
estuary and the abundance of food and the remains of an early
fortification can still be found above the town of Deganwy on
the opposite bank of the River Conwy.  The Maenan Monks  Some of
the earliest permanent settlers in what was to become Conwy were
the Maenan Monks who built an abbey within what is now the town.
Parts of this abbey still remain today in St Mary's Church
located within the centre of the town.  The English Invasion
During the late 13th century Edward I of England sought control
over the whole of what today is the United Kingdom. In north
Wales the local population resisted his forces in battle along
the coast and throughout the Snowdonia mountains. Heavily
outnumbered and under equipped the Welsh forces were pushed
backwards in the very heart of Snowdonia and into terrain that
was difficult for the Engli