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Church of St Giles (Church of England)

A Grade I Listed Building in Wyddial, Hertfordshire

  • St Giles: c15 Perpendicular church rebuilt c19

  • St Giles: unbuttressed c15 west tower; three stages with embattled parapet; all windows are modern

  • St Giles: nave with brick north aisle added 1532; piers with semi octagonal shafts & treble chamfered arches

  • St Giles: Margaret Plumbe (nee Neville), 1575; first married to Robert Southwell; ruff & cap, open book in front

  • St Giles: inscription from the brass to Margaret Plumbe (nee Neville), 1575

  • St Giles: palimpsest brass to John Gyll, d.1546, & wife Margaret (Canon); eng. c.1515

  • St Giles: John Gyll, d.1546, fur trimmed overgown

  • St Giles: Margaret (Canon) wife of John Gyll, d.1546

  • St Giles: inscription from the brass to John Gyll, d.1546

  • St Giles: daughters from the brass to John Gyll, d.1546

  • St Giles: shield from the brass to John Gyll, d.1546; arms of Gyll impaling Canon

  • St Giles: brass to George Gyll of Wyddial, d.1568; arms are Gules impaling Perient

  • St Giles: John Gyll of Wyddial, d.1600, & wife Johanne

  • St Giles. Helen Jocelyn (nee Goulston), d.1640

  • St Giles. Richard Goulston, d.1686

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Entry Name: Church of St Giles (Church of England)

Listing Date: 22 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1101811

English Heritage Legacy ID: 160371

ID on this website: 101101811

Location: St Giles's Church, Wyddial, East Hertfordshire, SG9

County: Hertfordshire

District: East Hertfordshire

Civil Parish: Wyddial

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Hormead with Wyddial

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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