Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kempsford

The church was built in the 12th century, with the nave being dated to around 1120.^[2] The chancel was added in the 13th century with further alterations in subsequent centuries. The tower was also a 13th-century construction but rebuilt in the 15th.

A Victorian restoration was carried out by George Edmund Street around 1858, and most of the internal furnishings date from this time.^[1][3]

In 2009 a National Lottery Heritage Fund was received to restore the tower and Victorian paintings.^[4]

The parish is part of the South Cotswold Team Ministry benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.^[5]

The church has an eight-bay nave, chancel with wagon roof and a three-stage tower supported by diagonal buttresses.^[1] The tower is surmounted by pinnacles and parapet.^[2] It is supported by buttresses.^[6] The tower has six bells, the oldest of which date from 1678.^[7]

Inside the church is a plaque commemorating parishioners who died in World War II.^[8] Because of limited space the organ was built over and around the tomb of Lord Coleraine.^[9][2]

Many of the monuments in the churchyard are also listed.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}