page_title: St Davids
hierarchical_section_title: St Davids
caption_attribution_description: English: River Alun/Afon Alun from the footbridge This is the ford through the Alun which separates the cathedral from the Bishop's Palace. The small building to the left is now used as a gift shop.
context_page_description: St Davids or St David's is a city and a community with a cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. 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 in terms of population and urban area. St Davids was given city status in the 12th century. This does not derive automatically from particular criteria, although in England and Wales it was traditionally given to cathedral towns under a practice laid down in the early 1540s, when King Henry VIII founded dioceses. City status was lost in 1886, but at the request of Queen Elizabeth II restored in 1994.
context_section_description: St Davids or St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi, [tɨː ˈðɛwi], lit. "David's house") is a city and a community (named St Davids and the Cathedral Close) with a cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. 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 in terms of population (1,841 in 2011) and urban area. (The smallest city by local authority boundary area is the City of London.) St Davids was given city status in the 12th century. This does not derive automatically from particular criteria, although in England and Wales it was traditionally given to cathedral towns under a practice laid down in the early 1540s, when King Henry VIII founded dioceses. City status was lost in 1886, but at the request of Queen Elizabeth II restored in 1994.
caption: Afon Alun in St Davids
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