St. Leonard, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of St. Leonard is a building of stone in the Norman, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, with side memorial chapel, nave of three bays, aisles, vestry, north porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 8 bells: there is a large monument to Sir Thomas Snell kt. who died in 1754: the church was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1850, and in 1889 the interior was entirely reconstructed, the galleries removed and the church fitted with low open seats at a cost of £1,500: there are three stained windows in the north aisle, and about 400 sittings.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1539.