Church of St James the Less, Sulgrave

is addressing a small congregation.]] Sulgrave has had a church since the Anglo-Saxon era, although not on the current site. An earlier stone church is believed to have stood about 1/4 mi north of the present one, on higher ground near the windmill. The church on the present site was built in the 13th century, when the Cluniac Priory of St Andrew, Northampton held the advowson. At least some material from the original church was used in the rebuilding. that has been re-set as the west door of the west tower. Helmdon stone is a fine freestone and was certainly the best building stone in the area. The work for which Helmdon stone was supplied may therefore have included the south aisle. This…