Giant · Eastwick
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A chain-mailed knight of stone, remembered by villagers as their giant protector.
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The effigy lies under the tower inside the church, which may be locked, so check before you go. The churchyard itself you can walk round.
Ahead is Eastwick church, where a stone knight in chain mail is remembered in the village as a giant who once kept them safe.
In the tower of the small church of St Botolph at Eastwick lies a stone effigy of a cross-legged knight in full chain mail and a long surcoat, holding a long shield. The 1910 Royal Commission survey judged it a remarkably well-preserved picture of thirteenth-century armour. Local legend has its own explanation for the figure: it is said to be a giant who protected the village. The church itself was largely rebuilt in the 1870s, partly on the old foundations, but the knight survived, along with an Elizabethan brass of a lady named Joan Lee.