Northleach, Gloucestershire

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Northleach is a town in Gloucestershire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Northleach within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Northleach in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Northleach, small market town, par., and township, Gloucestershire, among the Cotswolds, near the source, of the river Leach, 10 miles NE. of Cirencester - par., 3460 ac., pop. 1186; town and township, pop. 831; P.O., T.O. 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday. The principal feature of the town is its handsome church, containing several ancient monuments. Northleach has a free grammar school, founded in 1607. Stock fairs are held twice a year, and much business is done in connection with Cotswold sheep and Hereford short-horned cattle, for which the surrounding district is celebrated.

Northleach in the Domesday Book

A village in Bradley hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

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