Leighterton
Village in Gloucestershire, England
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Leighterton is a village in rural Gloucestershire off the A46. It sits within the civil parish of Boxwell with Leighterton, 4.25 miles west-southwest of Tetbury, towards the southern end of the Cotswolds AONB. Situated in the Cotswold hills, it is 175 metres above sea level.[1] Historically, it was situated within the hundred of Grumbald's Ash.[2]
| Leighterton | |
|---|---|
The Church of St Andrew | |
  Leighterton Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | ST823909 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TETBURY |
| Postcode district | GL8 |
| Dialling code | 01666 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The village's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a Grade II listed building.[3] Originally built in the 13th century and with a porch dating from the 14th century, it underwent a restoration in 1877.[4] The patronage of the church formerly belonged to Walsingham Priory and Gloucester Abbey, later passing to the Huntley family of Boxwell Court.[5][6]
There are over a dozen listed buildings within the village built with Cotswold limestone, including the 19th century Royal Oak pub and the former village hall.[7][8][9]
A long barrow, located just outside the village, is listed as a scheduled monument.[10] An example of a Cotswold-Severn megalithic chamber tomb, it is 220 feet in length with burial likely to date from between 3800BC and 3625BC.[11][12]
The manor of Leighterton is recorded as being held by Humphrey de Bohun in 1373 and by Robert Stanshaw in 1473, part of the Stanshaw family of Little Sodbury Manor.[13][14]
The village is located in the Grumbolds Ash with Avening Cotswold district council ward, the Tetbury Gloucestershire county council electoral division and the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency.[15]
