Place:Boxwell with Leighterton, Gloucestershire, England

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NameBoxwell with Leighterton
Alt namesBoxewellesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 111
Boxwell-with-Leightertonsource: alternate spelling
Boxwellsource: village in parish
Leightertonsource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.633°N 2.267°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
See alsoGrumbalds Ash (hundred), Gloucestershire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Tetbury Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been located since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Boxwell with Leighterton is a civil parish which since 1974 has been located in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 232, increasing to 306 at the 2011 census. The parish includes villages or hamlets of Boxwell and Leighterton.

The adjoining parishes are: Ozleworth to the northwest; Kingscote to the north; Westonbirt with Lasborough to the east; Didmarton to the south; and Hillesley and Tresham to the west. The last is in the Stroud District; the others are in the Cotswold District.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Boxwell with Leighterton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BOXWELL-WITH-LEIGHTERTON, a parish in Tetbury [registration] district, Gloucester; on the Cotswolds, 4½ miles ESE of Wotton-under-Edge, and 6½ E of Charfield [railway] station. It has a post office, of the name of Leighterton, under Wotton-under-Edge. Acres: 2,266. Real property: £2,693. Population: 255. Houses: 56. The property is divided among a few. Boxwell Court is the seat of the Rev. R. W. Huntley. About 45 acres are covered with box-trees. An ancient nunnery stood at Boxwell; and is said to have been destroyed by the Danes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £350. Patron: the Rev. R. W. Huntley. The church is ancient, and has a very ancient font. There is also a very ancient chapel at Leighterton."
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  • The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
  • Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
  • GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
  • Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW
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