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St Giles, Gileston
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Gileston Church is dedicated
to St Giles (St Mabon) although it also
takes its name from the Giles family who held the manor
in 1350. The present church dates from the 15th century
but an earlier church must have existed on the spot.
It is a Grade 2* listed building.
Its most interesting feature is the
south door which is unique in the diocese. It has six
carved shields upon it and has remained in an almost
perfect state of preservation for some 530 years. The
wrought iron hinges are just as they were when first
fitted to the oak of the door!
The six escutcheons
are all the heraldic arms of local families - the Walshes
of Llandough, the Umfravilles of Penmark, (1104-1350),
the
Giles family, the Giles of Gileston of 1262, the Fleming
family and the Cradock family. The date of the
door itself is probably 1450 -1480.
A full
description of this church can be found in the book
'Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan' by Geoffrey
Orrin, published by D. Brown |