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St Davids City Hall
St Davids City Hall () is a municipal building in the High Street, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The structure is currently used as the meeting place of St Davids City Council and as a public library. History The first municipal building in St Davids was made possible by a local land owner, David Griffiths, who agreed to grant a 99-year lease over a site in New Street for a concert and lecture hall. The building was designed in the Vernacular architecture, vernacular style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1866. It was a rectangular building, fenestrated on both sides by a series of arched windows, with a small porch on the north side. The borough council, which had not met for many years, was abolished under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. After the World War I, First World War, community leaders decided to commission a more substantial municipal building as a lasting memorial to local service personnel who had died in the war. The site chosen was vacant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Davids
St Davids or St David's (, , "David's house”) is a cathedral city in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun and is part of the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is the resting place of Saint David, Wales's patron saint, and named after him. St Davids is the United Kingdom's smallest city by population (number of residents within the wider community was 1,751 in 2021) and urban area, however it is not the smallest city by local authority boundary area (which is the City of London). St Davids was given city status in the 12th century. This does not derive automatically, but in England and Wales was traditionally given to cathedral towns under practices laid down in the early 1540s, when Henry VIII founded dioceses. City status was lost in 1886, but restored in 1994 at the request of Queen Elizabeth II. History Early history Although the surrounding landscape is home to a number of Palaeolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age sites, documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
