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This place ought to be written Coed Cerniw. which would mean literally the wood of Cornwall. It takes its name from the foundation of the church by Glywys Cerniw (Glywys of Cornwall) in the sixth century. This saint was the son of Gwynllyw, the founder of St Woolos church, and DATE OF PATRON INSTITUTION INCUMBENT 4 April 1743 James Evans, also vicar of Marshfield, d. 1787-8 The bishop 20 June 1788 Benjamin Hall, chancellor of Llandaff, grandfather of Lord Llanover, perpetual curate The bishop I July 1796 Richard Watson Moore, perpetual curate Coedkernew grandson of Glywys, the founder of Machen church. The living was not until the eighteenth century held as a separate cure but was a chapelry under the vicarage of Marshfield.