Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EAST-LEACH-MARTIN, or Burthorpe

EAST-LEACH-MARTIN, or Burthorpe, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Leach, near Icknield-street, adjacent to the boundary with Oxford, 4 miles N by E of Lechlade, and 11 WSW of Witney r. station. Post town, East-Leach-Turville, under Swindon. Acres, 1, 960. Real property, £2, 462. Pop., 216. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £150.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church consists of nave and chancel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eastleach Martin CP/AP       Northleach RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place names: BURTHORPE     |     EAST LEACH MARTIN     |     EAST LEACH MARTIN OR BURTHORPE
Place: Eastleach Martin

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