A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEIGH, a township in Westbury parish, Wilts; 1 mile SSW of Westbury. It forms part of Westbury borough, and it shares in that town's trade and institutions. Pop., about 1,380. The manor belonged formerly to the Cobhams and the Molins. A Saxon palace stood at Courtfield. Some writers suppose the township to be the Ægglea where Alfred encamped before the battle of Ethandune.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Westbury CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Westbury Leigh |
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