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 CORNWALL was, indeed, a Bishop of St. David's named Morvael ; hut perhaps it is only a corruption of the name Morville, for the manor once belonged to Hugh de Morville, one of the murderers of Becket. The dedication of Morval Church was to Gwen, sister of St. Non and mother of St. Cybi or Cuby. Morivetistow, in the N.E. corner of Cornwall, 2 miles from the Devon frontier, has gained a wide reputation in connection with the name of the Rev. R. S. Hawker. The name is Morwenna - stow, Morwenna being a grand- daughter of Brychan ; the church is a Celtic foundation, not Saxon as Hawker believed. The " stow " of course is Saxon, and the men of Wessex undoubtedly made the place a strong- hold to keep the Cornish in check. The fusion of Celt and Saxon in this district is a most attractive feature. For a record of Hawker's life readers should turn to his biography by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould. The fine church itself, and the memory of one who laboured earnestly as its vicar for forty-one years, make Morwenstow well worthy of a pilgrimage ; and the place is lovely in itself. To quote Mr. Baring-Gould : " Morwenstow tower, grey- stoned, pinnacled, stands up against the blue ocean, with a grove of stunted sycamores on the north of the church. Some way below, deep down in the glen, are seen the roofs and fantastic chimneys of the vicarage. The quaint lych-gate and ruined cottage beside it, the venerable church, the steep slopes of the hills 190