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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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=leighterton&hl=en |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> |
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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=leighterton&hl=en |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> |
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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 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> |
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 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> |
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A [[long barrow]], located just outside the village, is listed as a [[scheduled monument]]. An example of a [[Cotswold-Severn Group|Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb]], it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date 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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA226&dq=leighterton+long+barrow&hl=en |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> |
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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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=leighterton&hl=en |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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA2&dq=Leighterton&hl=en |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 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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=leighterton&hl=en |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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA2&dq=Leighterton&hl=en |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> |
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Revision as of 20:12, 27 March 2022
| 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 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
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 and is located towards the southern end of the Cotswolds AONB. Historically, it was situated within the hundred of Grumbald's Ash.[1]
The village's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a Grade II* listed building.[2] Originally built in the 13th century and with a porch dating from the 14th century, it underwent a restoration in 1877.[3] The patronage of the church formerly belonged to Walsingham Priory and Gloucester Abbey, later passing to the Huntley family of Boxwell Court.[4][5]
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.[6][7][8]
A long barrow, located just outside the village, is listed as a scheduled monument. An example of a Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb, it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date between 3800BC and 3625BC.[9][10]
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.[11][12]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.