Codicote (/ˈkɒdɪkət/ KO-dih-kət[2]) is a large village, and civil parish about seven miles (11 km) south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England.

The village is represented in parliament by Kevin Bonavia (Labour) who was first elected as the MP for Stevenage in 2024.

Later individuals or small groups tended to leave these villages to found other secondary settlements in between.

[5] In the year 1002 Codicote enters the written records for the first time when King Æthelred the Unready, its owner, sold it by means of a charter for the sum of 150 mancusae, or 900 shillings of pure gold to his 'faithful minister' Ælfhelm.

The church, with its chapel of the Holy Innocents, was dedicated by Ralph, Bishop of Rochester at some time during his period of office, 1108–1115.

The current sports field and facilities came about as a result of the death in 1976 of John Clements, a local teacher who died rescuing 35 children by leading them from a burning hotel.

Codicote Village Day is an annual one-day festival which begins with a parade up the High St and proceeds to the Sports and Recreation field where there are events, stalls and attractions.

Active for over 30 years, the society ran a wide-ranging series of public events and a few archaeological digs in 2018–19.

In 2020, the society published a series of old photos of the village under the title Snippets from Codicote's Past.

[6] A 2008 BBC programme, Christina: A Medieval Life, presented by Michael Wood, focused upon the life and times of Christina Cok (died 1348) in Codicote, studying the archives relating to her father's acquisition of field strips and marketplace property, which she took over in the 14th century.