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The Rectorial Benefice of Llantwit Major

St Giles' Church, Gileston

 
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The register of marriage dates from 1701 and that of baptisms and burials from 1813

 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.

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