Church Micro 3879...Gileston Traditional Geocache
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Church Micro 3879...Gileston
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You are looking for a small magnetic camouflaged tube, BYOP. Wheel chair accessible but may need help extracting container. Please replace as found. Church is up hill behind wall on the left.
Gileston Church is dedicated to St Giles 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 may have existed on the spot. It is suggested that an earlier church was dedicated to St Mabon leading one to believe that a considerably older church once stood here. It is a Grade 2* listed building. The south door 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 of Gileston (1262), the Fleming family and the Cradock family. The date of the door itself is probably 1450 -1480. It has a beautiful churchyard which contains the graves of the Giles family, who gave the village its name. “If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
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