Longborough Gloucestershire
Church of St James, Longborough Gloucestershire - Begun in 12c with aisleless nave and chancel of which the original chancel arch (reset over the organ chamber) and south entrance survive. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/22053Q
The west tower built in 13c was originally topped by a pyramidal stone tiled roof which was replaced with battlements in 15c.
The first recorded rector was William of Luton in 1264.
The south porch was also added in 13c with stone benches and statue niche over the door.
The chancel was refurbished in 14c with (the guide says) a curiously small and austere east window with single plain statue bracket on the left hand side.
The more richly ornamented south transept chantry chapel was also built in 14c with 4 huge traceried windows in which fragments of medieval stained glass survive. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7H72Ai
The village takes its name from a Long Barrow built 5000 years ago before the Romano British village came
The 1086 Domesday Survey records 3 manors here, the largest belonging to the king, which later passed to the Mortimer family. In 1256 two of the manors were given to Richard Earl of Cornwall whose son Edmund later gave the land to Hailes Abbey who threatened to dispossess the villagers in favour of sheep. The smaller manor (Banks Fee) was given to the Le Blanck family in return for knight service.
After the 16c Dissolution of Hailes, the main manor was granted to Thomas Leigh, a former Lord Mayor of London whose grandson William lies in an elaborate monument in the south transept - Royalists during the Civil War, wife Elizabeth provided shelter for followers of the king and lit bonfires to celebrate their victories. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pXTC69
The south transept also has the 13c effigy of an unknown knight who may represent Richard le Blanck possibly brought from their private chantry chapel of St Edmund at Banks Fee after it was demolished in 16c . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/A5h7G7
Thomas Barker of Adlestrop left 10s per annum to the poor of Longborough at Christmas from the income of certain lands called The Caswells in 1703 Also Mrs Elizabeth Scott of Banksfee House in 1838 bequeathed £166.13s.4d three per cent Consols, the interest thereof to be applied to the instruction of 6 poor girls www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/60855z
Most of the land was enclosed by the end of the 18c and Banks Fee was bought by John Scott www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3e136p who built the present house in 1753 surrounding it with a park and pleasure gardens
In 1822 the Cockerell / Rushout family were granted the right to build a family chapel here after their own church in Sezincote had been "suffered to be demolished" . The Cockerells built their chapel over a burial vault in the north transept, which is now reached by wooden stairs from the nave. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/nK389G
The main manor remained in the possession of the Leigh family until 1921 when it was sold.
Longborough Gloucestershire
Church of St James, Longborough Gloucestershire - Begun in 12c with aisleless nave and chancel of which the original chancel arch (reset over the organ chamber) and south entrance survive. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/22053Q
The west tower built in 13c was originally topped by a pyramidal stone tiled roof which was replaced with battlements in 15c.
The first recorded rector was William of Luton in 1264.
The south porch was also added in 13c with stone benches and statue niche over the door.
The chancel was refurbished in 14c with (the guide says) a curiously small and austere east window with single plain statue bracket on the left hand side.
The more richly ornamented south transept chantry chapel was also built in 14c with 4 huge traceried windows in which fragments of medieval stained glass survive. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7H72Ai
The village takes its name from a Long Barrow built 5000 years ago before the Romano British village came
The 1086 Domesday Survey records 3 manors here, the largest belonging to the king, which later passed to the Mortimer family. In 1256 two of the manors were given to Richard Earl of Cornwall whose son Edmund later gave the land to Hailes Abbey who threatened to dispossess the villagers in favour of sheep. The smaller manor (Banks Fee) was given to the Le Blanck family in return for knight service.
After the 16c Dissolution of Hailes, the main manor was granted to Thomas Leigh, a former Lord Mayor of London whose grandson William lies in an elaborate monument in the south transept - Royalists during the Civil War, wife Elizabeth provided shelter for followers of the king and lit bonfires to celebrate their victories. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pXTC69
The south transept also has the 13c effigy of an unknown knight who may represent Richard le Blanck possibly brought from their private chantry chapel of St Edmund at Banks Fee after it was demolished in 16c . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/A5h7G7
Thomas Barker of Adlestrop left 10s per annum to the poor of Longborough at Christmas from the income of certain lands called The Caswells in 1703 Also Mrs Elizabeth Scott of Banksfee House in 1838 bequeathed £166.13s.4d three per cent Consols, the interest thereof to be applied to the instruction of 6 poor girls www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/60855z
Most of the land was enclosed by the end of the 18c and Banks Fee was bought by John Scott www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3e136p who built the present house in 1753 surrounding it with a park and pleasure gardens
In 1822 the Cockerell / Rushout family were granted the right to build a family chapel here after their own church in Sezincote had been "suffered to be demolished" . The Cockerells built their chapel over a burial vault in the north transept, which is now reached by wooden stairs from the nave. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/nK389G
The main manor remained in the possession of the Leigh family until 1921 when it was sold.