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The Parish of Caerau with Ely

 

 

 
Proclaiming God's love for allText Box: In Caerau, the remains of the 13th Century church that was used for worship until the early part of the 1970's is now in ruins. The site was given to the local authority in the 1970's so that it could be preserved as an ancient monument, but sadly nothing has been achieved. However, there exists a group known as the Friends of St. Mary's who have been campaigning for the site to be preserved. The site has much older historical links with the presence of a Roman hill fort. You can access a web page giving more details of the Friends by clicking this button. Text Box: As the church of St. Mary and its grounds are no longer the responsibility of the Church in Wales all comments and concerns should be addressed to Cardiff County Council

St. Mary's in 1946
Text Box: The Story begins Until 1869 Ely was a hamlet within the ecclesiastical parish of Llandaff. The people attended Llandaff Cathedral, which had recently undergone much restoration work under Bishop Ollivant. The Cathedral was the Parish Church for Ely, but every Thursday a service was held by the Reverend C.B. Bevan, one of the Canons of the Cathedral, in the kitchen of a thatched cottage in Mill Road, Ely. The present site of the thatched cottages is occupied by numbers 70 to 80 Mill Road. Beofre this time Caerau was entirely separate, and part of the Rural Deanery of Penarth & Barry. It was only by an Order in Council made in 1869 that Ely was detached from Llandaff and transferred to the ecclesiastical Parish of Caerau. The first mention of a Vicar of Caerau is made in 1869 in the Baptism Registers. On 23rd November 1871 Bishop Ollivant consecrated St. David's Church. The original St. David's Church was a rectangular structure of simple Gothic design by the London architect J.L. Pearson, who was also the architect of Truro Cathedral (begun in 1880). The site of the church was donated by Lady Windsor, and was valued at £100

St. David's Church was consecrated on 23rd November 1871 as a mission church.

 

It did not take the place of St. Mary's as the Parish Church until 1973.

In 1934 a new church was built in the Parish thanks to the generosity of Lord Glanely.

The Church of the Resurrection was designed by Mr T Roderick of Aberdare in Byzantine style.

The late The Right Honourable Lord Glanely

1864—1943
Text Box: The information on this page is taken largely from the pamphlet The Story of St. David's Church, written by Harry Old in 1946 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the consecration of St. David's. An edited text of the booklet can be read by clicking here Text Box: The Story of St. David's Church Text Box: Friends of St. Mary's