South Leigh
| South Leigh | |
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 St. James the Great parish church |
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| South Leigh shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 336 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP3908 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Witney |
| Postcode district | OX29 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | South Leigh |
South Leigh is a village and civil parish on Limb Brook, a small tributary of the River Thames, about 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Witney in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 336.
South Leigh was not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but was recorded in 1190 as Stanton Lega.
The manor house was built in the second half of the 16th century. It is now called Church Farm House.
In the middle of the 17th century William Gore acquired the manor. The Gores consolidated South Leigh as a separate estate within Stanton Harcourt parish, but this led to a series of disputes over landholdings intermixed between the two. When Stanton Harcourt's common lands were being enclosed in 1773, its enclosure commissioners suggested promoting a single Parliamentary bill to enclose both estates. Edward Gore and his tenants in South Leigh disagreed due to the unresolved boundary disputes and consequent disagreement over what lands would be allotted to whom under the enclosure award. Instead Stanton Harcourt's enclosure commissioners were empowered to settle a definitive boundary between the two estates.
The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great began as a chapel of the parish of Stanton Harcourt, and remained so until 1868. The oldest parts of the church building date from the latter part of the 12th century. The present chancel arch was built about 1300, the tower arch was built during the 14th century and the south doorway of the nave dates from about 1400. The church building was extensively altered in the 15th century: the north aisle and chapel were added, the bell tower was completed, and new windows were inserted in the south and east walls of the chancel.
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