Leighterton is a village in rural Gloucestershire off the A46. It sits within the civil parish of Boxwell with Leighterton, 4.25 miles west-southwest of Tetbury, towards the southern end of the Cotswolds AONB. Situated in the Cotswold hills, it is 175 metres above sea level.[1] Historically, it was situated within the hundred of Grumbald's Ash.[2]
| Leighterton | |
|---|---|
 The Church of St Andrew | |
  Leighterton Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | ST823909 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TETBURY |
| Postcode district | GL8 |
| Dialling code | 01666 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The village's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a Grade II* listed building.[3] Originally built in the 13th century and with a porch dating from the 14th century, it underwent a restoration in 1877.[4] The patronage of the church formerly belonged to Walsingham Priory and Gloucester Abbey, later passing to the Huntley family of Boxwell Court.[5][6]
There are over a dozen listed buildings within the village built with Cotswold limestone, including the 19th century Royal Oak pub and former village hall.[7][8][9]
A long barrow, located just outside the village, is listed as a scheduled monument.[10] An example of a Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb, it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date between 3800BC and 3625BC.[11][12]
The manor of Leighterton is recorded as being held by Humphrey de Bohun in 1373 and by Robert Stanshaw in 1473, part of the Stanshaw family of Little Sodbury Manor.[13][14]
The village is located in the Grumbolds Ash with Avening Cotswold district council ward and the Tetbury Gloucestershire county council electoral division.
References
edit- ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors; Leighterton". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author.
- ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "ROYAL OAK, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154710 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "VILLAGE HALL, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1090043 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Boxwell with Leighterton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1013590 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Leighterton Long Barrow". www.archaeological-surveys.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Daniel, Glyn E. (28 March 2013). The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-107-69762-1.
- ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author. p. 265.
- ^ Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley (1807). Abstracts of Records and Manuscripts Respecting the County of Gloucester: Formed Into a History, Correcting the Very Erroneous Accounts, and Supplying Numerous Deficiencies in Sir Rob. Atkins, and Subsequent Writers. J. Harris. pp. 1–2.
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