Leigh (Great Bradford), Wiltshire
Historical Description
Leigh, a village and a tithing in Great Bradford parish, Wilts. The village stands 2 miles NE of Bradford, and is considerable. The tithing bears the name of Leigh and Woolley.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Bradford Holy Trinity | |
Hundred | Bradford | |
Poor Law union | Bradford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Leigh (Great Bradford) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bradford, Great (Holy Trinity))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: