St Asaph
St Asaph, Denbighshire
OS Grid Ref.: SJ038743 approx
Lat/Lng: 53.256953677061,-3.4434951057189
Place-name in Flintshire and home to the cathedral of St Asaph.
A version of the Welsh form of the name is attested in 1143, although it was not until 1284 that the place was associated with Asaph (Assavensi ecclesia).More information
Hywel Wyn Owen & Richard Morgan, Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales (Llandysul: Gomer, 2007), 430
Hywel Wyn Owen & Ken Lloyd Gruffydd, Place-Names of Flintshire (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2017), 108
