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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Northleigh like this:
LEIGH (NORTH), a parish, with a village, in Honiton district, Devon; on an affluent of the river Axe, 3¼ miles SSE of Honiton r. station. Post town, Honiton. Acres, 994. Real property, £1,130. Pop., 253. Houses, 52. The manor belonged to Lord Petre; passed, in 1794, to J. M. Howe, Esq.; and belongs now to Mrs. ...
Proby. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £240. * Patron, J. Woodcock, Esq. The church is ancient; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel; and contains an ancient oak screen and a small piscina. There are a national school, and charities £21.
Northleigh is now part of EAST DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Northleigh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Northleigh, in East Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3481
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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