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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leighland like this:
LEIGHLAND, a chapelry in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset; 3½ miles S of Old Cleeve village, and 4 W of Stogumber r. station. Post town, Washford, under Taunton. Pop., 500. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £84. Patron, the Vicar of Old Cleeve. The church was recently rebuilt. There is a small free school.
Leighland is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leighland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leighland in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24042
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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