Editing Lechlade (section)

==Religious sites==
[[File:St Lawrence, Lechlade - geograph.org.uk - 1690239.jpg|thumb|upright|left|St Lawrence, Lechlade]]
The [[Church of England]] [[parish church]] of [[St Lawrence Church, Lechlade|St Lawrence]] is a Grade I [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Church of St Lawrence |num=1155874 |accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref> It replaced an earlier structure in the 15th century (probably around 1470–1476<ref>David Verey, ''Cotswold Churches'' (B.T.Batsford Ltd, 1976), at page 107</ref>), though the nave roof and clerestory, the north porch, and the tower and spire may have been added in the early 16th century. A west gallery for singers was installed in 1740 and there were further internal additions in the 1880s.<ref name=VCH>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol7/pp106-121#h3-0009 ''Lechlade''], in ''A History of the County of Gloucester'': Volume 7, ed. N. M. Herbert (Oxford, 1981), pp. 106-121. British History Online [accessed 15 March 2018].</ref> The church contains a [[Monumental brass]] of [[John Twynyho]] (died 1485), set into his [[ledger stone]] on floor of north [[aisle]]. He, and his wife Agnes, acquired the manor of "Hallecourte" in Lechlade.<ref>C.T. Flower, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV, Vol. 1, 1461–1468 (London: HMSO, 1949), 100, quoted in [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p20642.htm#Fp20642N1]</ref> This may have been the same property as "Butler's Court", a 4-yardland estate which in 1304 had been granted by John de Bellew to John Butler. John Twynyho of Cirencester was lord of Butler's Court in 1479.<ref>'Lechlade', in ''History of the County of Gloucester'': Volume 7, ed. N. M. Herbert (Oxford, 1981), pp. 106-121</ref>

There is a [[Baptists|Baptist]] Church on Sherborne Street which was built in 1817.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lechlade Baptist Church, Lechlade |url=http://churchdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS1250.php |publisher=Place of Worship Database |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |desc=Baptist Church |num=1089377 |accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref>