St. Asaph (Wales)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סיינט אסאף (ויילס)
Name (Latin)
St. Asaph (Wales)
Other forms of name
nnaa St. Asaph, Wales
Llanelwy (Wales)
nne Saint Asaph (Clwyd)
nne Saint Asaph (Wales)
Coordinates
-3.4416 -3.4416 53.2577 53.2577 (gooearth )
W0032700 W0032700 N0531600 N0531600 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 148943994
Wikidata: Q548248
Library of congress: n 82058922
Sources of Information
  • Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999(St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Denb.; city, ancient cathedral city on ridge between Rivers Clwyd and Elwy, 5m/8km S of Rhyl; Britain's smallest medieval cathedral; site of first translation of Bible into Welsh; named after St. Asaph who became abbot in AD 570 and became city's first bishop)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 53°16ʹ00ʺN 003°27ʹ00ʺW)
  • St. Asaph County School. [Magazine], summer 1941.
  • Wikipedia, viewed 8 December 2017(St Asaph; city and community on River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales; historically part of Flintshire, the city of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside with views of the Vale of Clywd and is close to the coastal towns of Rhyl, Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno; historically regarded as a city because of its cathedral, it lost this status in the late 20th century when possession of a cathedral no longer confirmed city status; its status was reconfirmed in 2012)
  • Barth. gaz. Brit., 1986(St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Clwyd; village)