A first chapel for the inhabitants seen the day on the site of a vineyard enclosure that was ceded to the Cathedral of Soissons in the 1030s. At that time the inhabitants could not access the chapel Ste-Geneviève located in the tower of the castle and reserved to the lord, nor a little later to the chapel St-Adrien intended for the use of the men of the castle (It was on the opposite side of the tower, perhaps at the location of the lower cone school). It was in the twelfth century and after the installation of a Chambrier (direct officer of the king having for charge the smooth running of the royal house) that this primitive chapel was enlarged. It then became a church consisting of a choir, a nave, two aisles and a porch. The extension of the village community led to new expansions in the 13th century. The church was then enlarged by adding a bay to the Nave, a double-bay crossing to the north and a secondary apse to the south. It was in the sixteenth century that the construction fever resumed and affected the entire south side in various points, but it was the addition of the bell tower that mainly transformed the church. On the seat immediately below the threshold of the window, there is a long inscription in light relief and made in Gothic characters. His text is: “Jehan Brulé and Jehan Charpentier, masson, began this bell tower on the third day of the year VC XX, was founded by Nicolas Boucher, vicar of cenans, Berteren Gontier, Chambrier de Béthisy, Regnault Boucher, E. Caron, P. Thomas, and other parishioners: pray for them.”
Document produced by the association Béthisy Patrimoine in September 2017
and revised in September 2018
Béthisy Patrimoine Association law 1901 registered under no. 604003775