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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westbury Leigh like this:
LEIGH, a township in Westbury parish, Wilts; 1 mile SSW of Westbury. It forms part of Westbury borough, and it shares in that town's trade and institutions. Pop., about 1,380. The manor belonged formerly to the Cobhams and the Molins. A Saxon palace stood at Courtfield. Some writers suppose the township to be the Ægglea where Alfred encamped before the battle of Ethandune.
Westbury Leigh is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westbury Leigh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westbury Leigh in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25572
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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