St Asaph is a cathedral city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 3,485, making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdo
St. Asaph Cathedral and city
St Asaph showing city/community boundary City border Forestry Countryside Urban area
Georgiana Hare-Naylor, 1780
Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1872
The Cathedral Church of Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, commonly called St Asaph Cathedral, is a Church in Wales cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of
St Asaph
…the city is believed to have developed around a sixth-century Celtic monastery founded by Saint Kentigern, and is now home to the small 14th century St Asaph Cathedral. This is dedicated to Saint Asaph (also spelt in Welsh as Asaff), its second bishop. The cathedral has had a chequered history. In the 13th century…
St Asaph Cathedral from the north-west
Interior – nave and west end
Diagram of window in St Asaph cathedral, with the names of all the families represented by the coats of arms