Church replacing an earlier building, and now dedicated to Cadmarch, although there are strong suggestions of links with both Tysilio and Cynog.

Alternative spellings of Cadmarch are Camarch or Cadfarch and the river Cammarch that flows through the village is the most likely source of the place-name. Tysilio is associated with the church by the twelfth-century poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, and in the Breton Life of Tysilio.

Wade-Evans gives Cynog as the original patron. Huw Thomas states that Cynog was nicknamed Cynog Camarch, 'that is the Dispised Kynog', a reference to 'his cheerful forbearance' that was resented by his fellow monks before they killed him. The connection with Cynog is additionally drawn from the date of the parish wake, 8 October, which is also the usual date for the feast of Cynog.

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National Monuments Record
Church Heritage Cymru
Stained Glass in Wales

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