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St. Asaph / Llanelwy The Cathedral |
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| Clwyd Family History Society - Church Photographs |
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St. Asaph / Llanelwy The Cathedral |
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| Ordnance Survey reference SJ 039743 |
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St. Kentigern (Cyndeyrn), who was the Bishop of Strathclyde (in Scotland), is reputed to have built a church on the banks of the River Elwy circa 560 A.D. When he returned to Scotland, he appointed St. Asaph as his successor. The oldest parts of the present Cathedral date from about 1240. The Diocese of St. Asaph includes the whole of Flintshire and Denbighshire, most of Montgomeryshire, and the Edeirnion district of Merioneth. (These are the "pre-1974" counties!) The Cathedral was in Flintshire until 1974; and in Clwyd from 1974 until 1996. It is now in "new" Denbighshire. For "family history" information about St. Asaph parish, click on the GENUKI link at the top of this page. |
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