LEIGH (NORTH), a parish in the hundred of
WOOTTON, county of OXFORD, 3 miles (N. E. by N.)
from Witney, containing 592 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Oxford, rated in the king's books at £9. 2., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. Ann Perrott, in 1788, bequeathed a small
sum for the education of seven children.