LEIGH, a parish comprising the hamlet of Evington,
in the lower division of the hundred of WESTMINSTER,
but chiefly in the lower division of the hundred
of DEERHURST, county of GLOUCESTER, 5 miles
(N. N. E.) from Gloucester, and containing 340 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Deerhurst, within
which, however, no ecclesiastical authority is exercised,
the parishes being virtually in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Gloucester; it is rated in the king's books
at £7. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. James. The navigable river
Severn and the Coombe Hill canal pass through the
parish.