Note 129d — Chapter X · OF THE PASSAGE BY DEGANWY AND RUTHLAN, AND THE SEE OF LANELWY, AND OF COLESHULLE
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Saint Asaph, in size, though not in revenues, may deserve the epithet of “paupercula” attached to it by Giraldus. From its situation near the banks of the river Elwy, it derived the name of Llanelwy, or the church upon the Elwy.