In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leighland like this:
LEIGHLAND, a chapelry in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset; 3½ miles S of Old Cleeve village, and 4 W of Stogumber r. station. Post town, Washford, under Taunton. Pop., 500. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £84. Patron, the Vicar of Old Cleeve. The church was recently rebuilt. There is a small free school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Old Cleeve
Leighland through time
Leighland is now part of West Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leighland itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leighland in West Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24042
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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