Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEIGH

LEIGH, a tything, with a village, in WimborneMinster parish, Dorset; 1 mile E of Wimborne-Minster. Real property, £3,281. Pop., 574. Here was anciently a chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a tything, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Leigh

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