There is a lovely description of James Legrew reproduced in the Bourne Society's Local History Record, volume eight. It was written by James Balch who wrote an account of life in Caterham from about 1856. He himself was born in 1845.
| "The Rector the Rev. James Legrew was a quaint old gentleman of the old school, who wore black breeches and gaiters like our Bishops wear at the present day. He was very kind-hearted and much beloved by his parishioners. I was present in church the last time he officiated, when he fainted at the Reading Desk. I well remember his funeral; he was carried to the church by eight of his parishioners all robed in white smock-frocks as was customary in those days." |
The Guild of Friends of St. Lawrence's Church
From The Beacon, April 2005
