In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodleigh like this:
WOODLEIGH, a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon; 7½ miles S of Kingsbridge-Road r. station. Post town, Kingsbridge. Acres, 2,319. Rated property, £1,918. Pop., 213. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £460. Patron, Exeter College, Oxford. The church is later English.
Woodleigh through time
Woodleigh is now part of South Hams district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Hams has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodleigh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodleigh, in South Hams and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6223
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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