St David's an the Cathedral Close
,
[1]
mair commonly kent as
St David's
,
[2]
[3]
(
Welsh
:
Tyddewi
), is a
ceety
an
community
in
Pembrokeshire
,
Wales
. It is Breetain's smawest ceety. Lyin on the
River Alun
on St David's
peninsula
, the toun is the
de facto
ecclesiastical
caipital o Wales an the final restin place o
Saunt Dauvit
, the kintra's
patron saunt
.
The aurie wis oreeginally kent in the
Welsh leid
as Mynyw an in
Laitin
as Menevia, an wis later renamed in honour o Dauvit. The ceety is biggit aroond
St David's Cathedral
, which in the
Middle Ages
wis a popular place o
pilgrimage
. Next tae it, the 14t-century Bishop's Palace is a ruin maintained bi
Cadw
an open tae visitors. St David's wis ance a
maircher
borough. In 1603 the antiquarian
George Owen
describit it as ane of five Pembrokeshire boroughs owerseen bi a
portreeve
.
[4]
Tradeetion states that Saint Dauvit wis born tae
Saunt Non
at wha is nou St Non's, a ten minute walk sooth o the ceety, in aboot AD 500. It is an aa said that he wis baptised at
Porthclais
, nou the ceety's port, an that he foondit the ceety in aroond 550.
Pape Calixtus II
decreed that twa pilgrimages tae St David's wur equivalent tae ane tae Roum. Acause o this a vast income wis raised frae visitin pilgrims in the Middle Ages.
[5]
Saunt Non's Well owerleuks the
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
an
St Brides Bay
. The
Cambrian
cliffs mak this a popular spot for walkers an kayakers.
In addition tae the cathedral, attractions in the ceety include the 13t century Touer Gate, the
Celtic
Auld Cross an a nummer o airt galleries. St David's is an aa a popular base for
walkin
an
water sports
. It haes several
hottles
an a
youth hostel
, an a nummer o
pubs
.
The Banner o Saunt Dauvit (
Baner Dewi Sant
)
St David's is the anerlie ceety in the Unitit Kinrick tae lie entirely in a
naitional pairk
,
[6]
the
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
, an it lies near the
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
.
The St David's
lifeboat
, locatit at St Justinian, haes saved numerous lifes syne the first lifeboat wis locatit thare in 1869; an a nummer o heroic lifeboatmen here hae perished in the cause of saving others. Particular local marine perils are the treacherous reefs an formations aff the coast thegither wi the unpredictable
Erse Sea
conditions.
The entire coastline aroond St David's forms pairt o the
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
.
Local agricultur haes declined in recent years, wi the ance important crop o Pembrokeshire first early new
potatoes
haein lairgely dee'd oot due tae pressure frae the supermercats.
St David's
Eco Ceety
Group aims tae mak St David's the first carbon-neutral ceety in the warld.
[7]
The Ceety is an aa twinned wi
Naas
in the Republic o Ireland
St David's is hame tae the
rugby union
team
St. Davids RFC
.
St David's hostit the
National Eisteddfod
in 2002.
Henry Hicks
(1837-1899), a
Welsh
pheesician
,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
(MRCS), Preses o the
Geological Society
an Fellow o the
Royal Society
(
FRS
). He studied the
Precambrian
rocks o
Anglesey
,
Caernarvonshire
an
Pembrokeshire
, the
Devonian
rocks o
Devon
an
Somerset
, an cave deposits in
Denbighshire
. He wis born on 29 Mey 1837 at St David's, follaed in the fuitsteps o his faither Thomas Hicks an studied medicine at
Guy's Hospital
, an then practised at St David's frae 1862 till 1871.
Muisician
David Gray
an fitbawer
Simon Davies
wur pupils at St David's School.
Asser
, friend o Keeng
Alfred the Great
, an writer o his biography, wis a monk at St David's afore bein cawed intae Alfred's service.
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