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@DethBeard
Hello, yes.
1257L is a "standard" tax code, your annual allowance is parsed out into monthly allowances (about £1047 per month tax free)
This is cumulative so if you started PAYE in July (tax month 4) you would have "accrued" 4 monthly allowances (£4190) before you need to pay tax.
If you stop PAYE employment before March, you still have the allowances unused, so you would be entitled to a refund of tax for the unused parts (e.g. left in November and didn't use allowances for Dec - Mar you would have the £4190 free pay still outstanding, so 20% of that, so about £840 income tax may be due for a refund)
(YMMV as tax is personal and if you are a higher rate of tax payer the impact may be greater, etc.)
(also, not offering advice, etc. take what a stranger on the interwebz says with a punch of salt, not a tax expert, yadda yadda)