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unusual facts about St Asaph


Bleiddud

The chapter of St David's, in an address to Pope Eugenius III of the year 1145, stated that a man named Melan of Llanelwy (Melanus Llanelvensis) was consecrated bishop of St Asaph by Bleiddud while he was bishop of St David's.


1818 in Wales

Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) wins the chair at an eisteddfod in St Asaph.

Blessed Edward Jones RC High School

It was founded in September 1965 to serve the Catholic population of the surrounding area, including towns such as Rhyl, Rhuddlan, Abergele, Prestatyn, Bodelwyddan, St Asaph, and Denbigh.

Leyton Maxwell

Born in St Asaph and brought up in nearby Dyserth, Maxwell began his career as a trainee with Liverpool.

Matchless G3/L

The Royal Artillery Motor Cycle Display Team gave their first performance at the St Asaph Tattoo in July 1949 and used the G3/L for displays until they were replaced with the BSA Gold Star.


see also

George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham

He was the son of the 2nd Earl of Ashburnham and the former Elizabeth Crowley, being styled Viscount St Asaph from birth, and was baptised on 29 January 1761 at St George's, Hanover Square, London, with King George III, the Duke of Newcastle and the Dowager Princess of Wales as his godparents.

Goldwell

Thomas Goldwell (d. 1585), English bishop and the last Catholic bishop of St. Asaph

Richard Newcombe

Richard Newcome (1701–1769) or Newcombe, English bishop of Llandaff and bishop of St Asaph

Twyford, Hampshire

In Thomas Moule's English Counties 1837 edition, Twyford is referred to as: "on the river Itchin sic, 3 miles S. from the City of Winchester, contains 169 houses and 1048 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary,is a vicarage, value £12 12s. 8d., in the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In the chancel is a mural monument, with a bust, by Joseph Nollekens, in memory of Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, who died in the year 1788."