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Leigh |
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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. |
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 1678-1799, 1801-1837, 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:- |
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