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LEIGH (SOUTH), a parish in Witney district, Oxford; on the Witney and Oxford railway, 2¾ miles E by S of Witney. It has a station on the railway; and its posttown is Witney. Acres, 2,074. Real property, £3,163. Pop., 319. Houses, 61. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Stanton-Harcourt, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is a small plain building, with a tower; and was the first in which John Wesley. preached. Charities, £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | South Leigh Parish Witney Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | LEIGH | LEIGH SOUTH | SOUTH LEIGH |
| Place: | South Leigh |
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