Codicote

Largely a Victorian rebuild St Giles is lnk apart from the south chapel but from the little I could see I don't think I missed much.

ST GILES. Mostly 1853, but the S aisle has C13 bases to its arcade, the nave N wall has a C13 lancet window, and the tower arch is of the C15. - PULPIT. Jacobean. - PLATE. Small engraved Chalice, 1558; Paten, 1568; large Standing Paten, 1772.

Codicote. One house catches our eye in the long village street, as it is meant to do, for this pleasant gabled inn has halted travellers on their way for more than 300 years. It has a contemporary not far off in Codicote Bury, which still keeps its Jacobean panelling, staircase, and carved overmantels. The lower part of the church tower has walls five feet thick, probably part of the church dedicated here 800 years ago when the Conqueror’s second son was on the throne. For the rest, the church is mainly 14th century, its age disguised by restoration, but with some ironwork probably old enough to be Norman on the door, a Jacobean pulpit, and an Elizabethan chalice.

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