St.Giles'Leighland |
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Service Times |
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First Sunday in the month |
11am |
Holy Communion (CW) |
Third Sunday in the month |
11am |
Holy Communion (CW Order2) |
| In 1320 the ordained Vicar of Old Cleeve was charged to attend the chapel of St Giles of Leigh. This chapel seems to have been of ancient foundation, probably dating from Saxon times, the size of the old chapel was 46 feet by 19 and had a small bell cote and singing loft. After the suppression of the monasteries the King eventually granted the estate to Robert, Earl of Sussex. Leigh and its lands were part of this. Unfortunately the ancient chapel of St Giles was demolished in 1865 and replaced with the present church at a cost of £1,200. It is built of stone in the early English style and consists of Chancel, nave, south porch and bell cote containing one bell; the stained glass east window was erected in 1889 and the register dates from 1775. Leighland was formed into an ecclesiastical in April 1865 but the patronage of the living still belongs to the Rector of Old Cleeve. | ||
