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Codicote is a large village, (mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086), in Hertfordshire, just north of Welwyn and about seven miles south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It lies near junction 6 of the A1M, on a chalk ridge of the Chiltern Hills. There is a small village green, surrounded by timber-framed and chequered-brick houses, including a good selection of pubs, shops and restaurants.

There are various interesting buildings – 18th century Codicote Lodge, 18th- century Pond House, the half-timbered Peking restaurant “As You Like It” (the oldest licensed premises in Hertfordshire, formerly the George and Dragon Inn), 17th century Codicote Bury and St Giles church dating back originally to approximately 1110.

The church, mostly rebuilt in 1853, retains 13th-century work in its nave and aisles. A most unusual structure north of the village is the Node Dairy and Stud, erected in 1927. It is circular in design, and thatched, with a circular courtyard and a tower which is, in fact, a silo.

Codicote lies on a chalk ridge on the dip slope of the Chiltern Hills. The highest parts of the parish lie in the north and east, most of which is over 380 Feet and at one point 450 feet is reached. The Mimram Valley is between about 220 and 250 feet in the parish. On the west side of the river the land rises to about 400 feet at Abbotshay.