The Riverside Pub – St. Lawrence Church, Lechlade loop from Burford
The Riverside Pub – St. Lawrence Church, Lechlade loop from Burford
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The Riverside Pub – St. Lawrence Church, Lechlade loop from Burford
01:07
27.3km
110m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 17, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 13.7 km for 176 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
Get Directions
3.26 km
Lower Glissard's Plantation
Forest
13.5 km
The Riverside Pub
Highlight • Pub
13.7 km
Lynwood & Co. Coffee Stop
Highlight • Cafe
Tip by
13.8 km
St. Lawrence Church, Lechlade
Highlight • Religious Site
Lechlade spireIt is known that there was a Church dedicated to St Lawrence in 1255 and that this Church was one of the few in England that had the privilege of sanctuary, but earlier than that we cannot go with any certainty, although there is mention of the parish of Lechlade in 1086 in the Domesday Book. Excavation carried out on the edge of the town in 1985 revealed Christian burials dating from the mid 7th Century AD, so that there is every reason to believe that there was a Saxon Church here. The building of the present Church building began around the year 1472 when Conrad Ney was vicar. The money came from the dissolution of the Priory under Cecily, Duchess of York, mother of King Edward IVth and the inhabitants of the town, including wealthy wool merchants. Cecily, Duchess of York, founded three chauntries to her late husband, Richard, Duke of York executed by the Lancastrians and other members of her family. The Church building is a particularly fine example of a wholly perpendicular style, consisting of nave with clerestory; north and south aisles; chancel with chapels to the Blessed Virgin to the north (where the organ now is) and the south (St Blaise); a particularly fine north porch and tower with spire.
The building is of dressed freestone from Taynton Quarry near Burford. It was the same stone from Taynton which was brought to Lechlade and then shipped down the Thames to London to be used in the building of St Paul’s Cathedral.
stlawrencelechlade.org.uk/who-we-are/history
Tip by
27.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
26.9 km
194 m
191 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
27.0 km
234 m
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