St Madardus or Medard's Church, Little Bytham, is decorated & modern, with Saxon elements. The Saxon detail is long & short work at the south-east quoin of nave, the date of which cannot be more nearly defined than latter part of C10th to about the Norman Conquest. Source 4 describes the south doorway of the chancel as 'Saxon with carved tympanum', (AO:LP:64:164) and Source 6 says 'most of the tower & the nave are Saxon'. In normal use. St Medard is the generally accepted local spelling of the dedication, although Medardus is not incorrect. This is the only church in the country dedicated to C6th Bishop of Noyon, France. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}