Leigh

Leigh is a parish and a village 6 miles south west from Sherborne. To the north is Lillington with Holnest and Hilfield to the east, Batcombe to the south, with Chetnole and Yetminster to the west.

Leigh was formerly a chapelry of Yetminster but was made a separate parish in 1842 and the vicarage was not built until 1857. The church of St Andrew had a nave, north aisle, south porch and embattled tower with pinnacles. The registers date from 1842, the registers of Yetminster date from 1683. There is a Wesleyan chapel, a school built in 1861, a police station and a post office. The parish covers 2025 acres and is mainly laid to grass. The population in 1891 was 395. Totnell is a hamlet in the parish.

The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Leigh is Lynne Penny
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Census 1841 Census is on site
1851 Census is on site
1861 Census is on site
1871 Census is on site
1881 Census
1891 Census is on site
Parish Registers
The parish registers date from 1842, the following have been transcribed so far:
Baptisms 1677-1720, 1721-1760, 1761-1779, 1779-1846, 1847-1911
Marriages 1678-17991801-1837, 1837-1849, 1849 - 1911
Burials 1847 - 1870, 1871-1911
Earlier records are in the Yetminster registers
Monumental Inscriptions St Andrew's Monumental Inscriptions index
Postal Directories
Rectors A full list of Vicars of the Parish
Photographs A collection of photographs of the church & village
Other Records Dorset Militia List 1798
Absent Voters 1918
Maps The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Leigh' under place search.
For modern location maps visit:-  www.multimap.com

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