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The following appear as names for South Leigh. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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LEIGH | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
LEIGH SOUTH | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
SOUTHLEIGH | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
Charles Wesley | The Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley (London: Hutchinson & Co., 1849). | |
SOUTH LEIGH | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
SOUTH LYE | John Wesley | The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with South Leigh. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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LEIGH SOUTH | Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
SOUTHLEIGH | Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) | 1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'. |
SOUTH LEIGH | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 401. |
Parish-level Unit (Ch/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 401. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with South Leigh, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of South Leigh, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Leigh in West Oxfordshire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9928/names
Date accessed: 27th May 2024