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2010

TL6025 : Church sign: St John & St Giles Church, Great Easton

Church sign: St John & St Giles Church, Great Easton

Category: Church sign board

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Grid Square: TL6025, 63 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: PAUL FARMER (more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 21 June, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 21 June, 2010
Subject Location: OSGB36: TL 607 254 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:54.2687N 0:20.1515E
Camera Location: OSGB36: TL 608 254
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)

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TL6025 : Church of St John and St Giles, Great Easton TL6025 : Church sign: St John & St Giles Church, Great Easton

Jiles or Giles?

The listed building citation for Great Easton church gives the dedication as "St John and St Jiles" but the church itself (on its own website and notice board) uses the more conventional spelling of the saint's name - Giles - as do most other authorities including the Pevsner guides (1954, revised 1967 and 2007) and Simon Knott's Essex Churches site. Is there some historic curiosity behind the unusual spelling, or did somebody just make a slip of the finger?

Posted by Tiger on Sat, 3 Oct 2015 (0 comments)