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'''Leighterton''' is a village in rural [[Gloucestershire]] off the [[A46 road|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 [[Geology of Gloucestershire|Cotswold hills]], it is 175 metres above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors; Leighterton |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/leighterton-cotswold |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=OS GetOutside |language=en-gb}}</ref> Historically, it was situated within the [[Grumbald's Ash Hundred|hundred of Grumbald's Ash]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bowesden - Boxwell {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp320-323 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>


The village's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a [[Grade II listed building]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154749 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> Originally built in the 13th century and with a porch dating from the 14th century, it underwent a restoration in 1877.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154749 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The patronage of the church formerly belonged to [[Walsingham Priory]] and [[Gloucester Abbey]], later passing to the Huntley family of [[Boxwell Court]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rudge |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFIGAAAAQAAJ&q=leighterton |title=The History of the County of Gloucester |date=1803 |publisher=author |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bowesden - Boxwell {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp320-323 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>


There are over a dozen listed buildings within the village built with [[Cotswolds#Cotswold stone|Cotswold limestone]], including the 19th century Royal Oak pub and the former village hall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROYAL OAK, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154710 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154710 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VILLAGE HALL, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1090043 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090043 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Listed Buildings in Boxwell with Leighterton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/boxwell-with-leighterton-cotswold-gloucestershire#.YkCzTjfMKAy |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref>
'''Leighterton''' is a [[village]] in rural [[Gloucestershire]] off the [[A46 road|A46]].


A [[long barrow]], located just outside the village, is listed as a [[scheduled monument]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1013590 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013590 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> An example of a [[Cotswold-Severn Group|Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb]], it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date from between 3800BC and 3625BC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leighterton Long Barrow |url=https://www.archaeological-surveys.co.uk/article/7/Leighterton-Long-Barrow/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.archaeological-surveys.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniel |first=Glyn E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNex7OJh8kQC&dq=leighterton+long+barrow&pg=PA226 |title=The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales |date=2013-03-28 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-69762-1 |pages=78 |language=en}}</ref>
it has no shops at all but it does have:
a local pub, a post box,
a telephone box, a school, a park that only a two year old would find ammusing,
a bus that comes twice a week and five street lamps to for the whole village.
quite recently this calm beautiful village has been infested by posh middle aged women.


The manor of Leighterton is recorded as being held by [[Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford|Humphrey de Bohun]] in 1373 and by Robert Stanshaw in 1473, part of the Stanshaw family of [[Little Sodbury Manor]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rudge |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFIGAAAAQAAJ&q=leighterton |title=The History of the County of Gloucester |date=1803 |publisher=author |pages=265 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fosbroke |first=Thomas Dudley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoqAQAAMAAJ&dq=Leighterton&pg=PA2 |title=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 |date=1807 |publisher=J. Harris |pages=1–2 |language=en}}</ref>


The village is located in the [[2023 Cotswold District Council election#Grumbolds Ash with Avening Ward|Grumbolds Ash with Avening]] [[Cotswold District Council|Cotswold district council]] [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|ward]], the [[2021 Gloucestershire County Council election#Cotswold|Tetbury]] [[Gloucestershire County Council|Gloucestershire county council]] [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral division]] and the [[South Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|South Cotswolds]] parliamentary constituency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of South Cotswolds|url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4297/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>
this village is also home to luke stevens :)whoo hu goes 2 SWR in Tetbury, in class 9.1


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Latest revision as of 09:49, 22 December 2024

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Leighterton is located in Gloucestershire
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTETBURY
Postcode districtGL8
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51°37′01″N 2°15′25″W / 51.617°N 2.257°W / 51.617; -2.257

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]

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 the 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 from 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, the Tetbury Gloucestershire county council electoral division and the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors; Leighterton". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author.
  6. ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "ROYAL OAK, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154710 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "VILLAGE HALL, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1090043 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Listed Buildings in Boxwell with Leighterton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ^ "West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1013590 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Leighterton Long Barrow". www.archaeological-surveys.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author. p. 265.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Location of South Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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