St Asaph, Elwy Bridge 1890
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This tiny cathedral city stands above the confluence of the River Clwyd and its tributary the Elwy. The cathedral is the smallest in Britain. St Asaph, named after its second bishop, may have been the site of Roman Varis, but the present town was founded in Saxon times. This view across the 18th-century bridge was taken looking past the gate to the Bishop's palace and up to the cathedral. Apart from a petrol station on the right and an increase in traffic, the scene is virtually unchanged today.

Memories of St Asaph, Elwy Bridge 1890

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Elias and Polly Owen came home from Shanghaiand lived at No 3 Elwy Viewand Iwas able to aquaint myself with all my St. Asaph family and see them for the first time, she only lived a few months and then Elias packed up and went off to Australia, but I remember it well, I had three families there, my mother was from the Palace Lodge, the Halleys in Central Buildings and the Owens from the Red Lion,so between them all family history became alive to a child from Brynymaen.