Leigh
"LEIGH, a chapelry in the parish of Ashton-Keynes, hundred of Highworth, county Wilts, 2 miles N.E. of the Minety railway station, and 3 S.W. of Cricklade. It is situated on the river Thames. The charities produce about £25 per annum."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Leigh is 3 miles West of Cricklade. It was a chapelry in the parish of Ashton Keynes. Grid Ref SU062922. Postcode SN6 6RD. Population 267 in 1831, 304 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- All Saints, Swan Lane, Church of England
- All Saints, -, Church of England, Waterhay
Church Records
- All Saints, Swan Lane, Church of England
- All Saints, -, Church of England, Waterhay
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Malmesbury Road, Primitive Methodist
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Leigh, All Saints:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1683-1929, Mar 1705-1972, Bur 1683-1869
- BTs before surviving registers for 1605, 1609, 1621, 1632, 1635, 1667-1679
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1800-1840
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Leigh from the National Gazetteer (1868).