St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe
church in Tattenhoe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
St. Giles's Church is a small 16th century Church of England church in Tattenhoe, a district in south-west Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is of modest size but is a Grade II* listed building.
Early history
The first St. Giles's Church was built on this site around 1200 AD. The yew trees in the churchyard have been dated from this time and were probably planted at the time the first church was established. This makes them some 800 years old. The building you see today dates from circa 1538. It is the second church building on the site and was constructed using the stones from nearby Snelshall Priory, after the first St. Giles's fell wholly into decay.
Beyond the churchyard in the meadow is the site of the lost village of Tattenhoe.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe” as church in Tattenhoe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as church in Tattenhoe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7593269. Authority coordinates are 51.998, -0.794. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1200 and 1538.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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