Leighterton

Leighterton
The Church of St Andrew
Leighterton is located in Gloucestershire
Leighterton
Leighterton
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceST823909
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTETBURY
Postcode districtGL8
Dialling code01666
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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England
Gloucestershire
51°37′01″N 2°15′25″W / 51.617°N 2.257°W / 51.617; -2.257

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, towards the southern end of the Cotswolds AONB. Situated in the Cotswold hills, it is 175 metres above sea level.[1] Historically, it was situated within the hundred of Grumbald's Ash.[2]

The village's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a Grade II* listed building.[3] Originally built in the 13th century and with a porch dating from the 14th century, it underwent a restoration in 1877.[4] The patronage of the church formerly belonged to Walsingham Priory and Gloucester Abbey, later passing to the Huntley family of Boxwell Court.[5][6]

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.[7][8][9]

A long barrow, located just outside the village, is listed as a scheduled monument.[10] An example of a Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb, it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date between 3800BC and 3625BC.[11][12]

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.[13][14]

The village is located in the Grumbolds Ash with Avening Cotswold district council ward and the Tetbury Gloucestershire county council electoral division.

  1. ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors; Leighterton". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154749 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author.
  6. ^ "Bowesden - Boxwell | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "ROYAL OAK, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1154710 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "VILLAGE HALL, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1090043 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Listed Buildings in Boxwell with Leighterton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ^ "West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School, Boxwell with Leighterton - 1013590 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Leighterton Long Barrow". www.archaeological-surveys.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. author. p. 265.
  14. ^ 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.