LONGBOROUGH, a parish in the upper division of
the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 3
miles (N. by W.) from Stow on the Wold, containing;
with the hamlet of Bankfee, 526 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Seasoncote
united, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Glouces-;
ter, rated in the king's books at £5. 15., and in the
patronage of Chandos Leigh, Esq., and Sir Charles Gockerell,
Bart., the former having two presentations, and the
latter one. The church, dedicated to St. James, has
lately received an addition of one hundred and ninety
sittings, of which one hundred and seventy-two are
free, and towards defraying the expense of which the
Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches
and chapels contributed £ 90. The source of the river-
Evenlode is in this parish, and the Fosse-way passes
through it.