Turleigh Explained

Country:England
Static Image:The Old Main Road - geograph.org.uk - 601414.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Old Main Road in Turleigh
Coordinates:51.344°N -2.279°W
Official Name:Turleigh
Civil Parish:Winsley
Unitary England:Wiltshire
Lieutenancy England:Wiltshire
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Chippenham
Post Town:Bradford on Avon
Postcode District:BA15
Postcode Area:BA
Dial Code:01225
Os Grid Reference:ST805607

Turleigh is a hamlet in west Wiltshire, England. It lies immediately south of the village of Winsley, overlooking the Avon valley, about 1.2miles west of Bradford on Avon. The Kennet and Avon Canal and Avoncliff railway station are below the hamlet in the river valley.

Urban development

Turleigh Manor is Grade II* listed and was established in the 17th or 18th century when both Winsley and Turleigh comprised stone houses dating from the previous three centuries. At this time, much of the land was the glebe land of the manor of Bradford Rectory. There was prosperity here in the 18th century, demonstrated by the extent of house building. These included Turleigh Grange (early 18th century), Stoneleigh, and Hill House (c.1740), originally two attached cottages. Many of the smaller houses in Turleigh were occupied by quarrymen, stonemasons and tanners.

From 1819 to 1885 there was a Baptist chapel at Turleigh Manor.[1]

Notable people

John Daniel Heal, mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, was born at Turleigh in 1825. Moma Clarke (Maria Elvins Clarke, 1869–1958, journalist) lived in Turleigh for a while.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baptist Chapel, Turleigh. Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. 22 July 2015.