St. James, Longborough, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of St. James is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, re-hung, and one re-cast in 1896, at a cost of about £100: in the south transept is a tomb, with the recumbent figure of a knight wearing a coroneted helmet, and a handsome marble monument to William Leigh, ob. 1635; under a richly carved canopy, supported by four marble pillars, lie the effigies of William Leigh (in armour), his wife and three children: there are also three canopied niches with pedestals for statues and some fragments of ancient stained glass: the porch doorway is Norman: in 1893 the chancel was restored at a cost of about £770: in 1903 a new organ was given by J. T. Dugdale esq. J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Godman: there are 250 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register, including Sezincot, dates from the year 1676.