Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | The Church of St Andrew, Leighterton - geograph.org.uk - 1383460.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Church of St Andrew |
Official Name: | Leighterton |
Civil Parish: | Boxwell with Leighterton |
Shire District: | Cotswold |
Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Cotswold |
Post Town: | TETBURY |
Postcode District: | GL8 |
Postcode Area: | GL |
Dial Code: | 01666 |
Os Grid Reference: | ST823909 |
Coordinates: | 51.617°N -2.257°W |
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]
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 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 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 and the Tetbury Gloucestershire county council electoral division.