[3] According to the legend which aimed to cover up the derogatory name, Kratonohy was founded by Býd, the son of Count Slavomil of Kouřim, at the place where he rested with his people for three days.

In the second half of the 14th century, owners of the village were the lords of Častolovice, Licek of Kratonohy and Perchta, daughter of Sezema of Kostomlaty.

The homestead had been held by the Kinsky family to 1644, but due to mortgages, they sold it to Asterles of Asterfeld.

[3] The Church of Saint James the Great is a Gothic-based building, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1707–1710.

It has an inwrought interior with an unusual solution: the altar was made as grotto and the rostrum as whale.