{"id":65864,"date":"2015-09-04T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-st-asaph-denbighshire\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T19:39:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T12:39:38","slug":"lets-move-to-st-asaph-denbighshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-st-asaph-denbighshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to St Asaph, Denbighshire"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt punches above its weight with an international music festival, but this cathedral city is the size of a villageWhat\u2019s going for it? I had no idea who St Asaph was either. He\u2019s not one of your premier league saints, more Sunday Conference. In the Penguin Dictionary of Saints, he\u2019s described as a \u201cvery shadowy figure\u201d, though one praised by monks for his \u201ccharm of manners, grace of body and holiness of heart\u201d, phrases that could also be applied to the cathedral city named after him. Having lived half my life in them, I know cathedral cities are a state of mind as much as an actual thing, a\u00a0peculiar amalgam of conservatism and centuries of cosmopolitanism, misericords and eclectic heritage, with a dash of Trollope (even this far north and west) and a certain civility of living, the kind that demands the survival of nice old butchers\u2019 shops. St Asaph passes the test. Though I\u00a0use the word city with some caveats, of course. The place punches above its weight, culturally, with its international music festival this month, and its copy of the first Welsh Bible proudly on display. But this is no Winchester or Norwich. Blink and you\u2019d miss it \u2013 with barely 3,500 souls, it is the country\u2019s second smallest city. And, yes, they take the word seriously round here, having applied three times to be called a city before fortune smiled on them three years ago. Don\u2019t, whatever you do, mention the V-word.The case against The V-word: whisper it, it\u2019s a village. Or, in a generous mood, a modest market town. Traffic: give the place a bypass, won\u2019t you? It\u2019s had its share of flooding in recent years. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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