Leigh, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Leigh is a chapelry of Ashton Keynes Ancient Parish in Wiltshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1683
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEIGH, a chapelry in Ashton-Keynes parish, Wilts; on the river Thames, near the boundary with Gloucestershire, 1½ mile NE of Minety r. station, and 3 WSW of Cricklade. Post town, Ashton-Keynes, under Cricklade. Rated property, £2,196. Pop., 312. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Ashton-Keynes, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good; and there are charities £25.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
John Blatch, of Leigh, & Elliner Coster, of Russell 3 Mar. 1684/5Bratton Wiltshire
John Bodman, b., of Leigh, & Sarah Helps, sp. 10 Aug. 1758Bratton Wiltshire
James Tanner, widr., & Ann Mills, sp., of Leigh 26 Nov. 1758Bratton Wiltshire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Leigh – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Leigh, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Leigh – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Leigh, 1605-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1683-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh (Wiltshire); Carter, Barbara J.

Parish registers for Leigh, 1683-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leigh (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Leigh – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court rolls in Latton, Wiltshire, 1584-1656
Author: Manor of Latton. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Leigh – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, ca. 1866-1952
Author: Chippenham Union (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Leigh – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments in Leigh, Wiltshire, 1780-1881
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Land tax assessments in Westbury, Wiltshire 1773-1884
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cricklade
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Cricklade
  • Poor Law Union: Cricklade and Wootton Bassett
  • Hundred: Highworth, Cricklade and Staple
  • Province: Canterbury