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Leighton Bromswold Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Leighton Bromswold

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Leighton Bromswold history

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Leighton Bromswold was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire. The name of the settlement was written as Lectone in the settlement. In 1086 there was just one manor and 39 households were recorded in the book. The survey records that there were 19.5 ploughlands and there was 30 acres of arable land.

Leighton Bromswold landmarks

The Leightonstone

Alongside the Lych Gate of St Mary’s Church stands the Leightonstone. It was originally situated to the south east of the Church, where the village originally stood. It is the ancient marker where the Moot Court gathered to collect taxes and cast judgement of many local issues.

War memorial

The limestone memorial takes the form of a small medieval-style Latin cross and plinth. The names of the nine men from the parish who lost their lives fighting in the First World War are inscribed on the plinth and painted black. The memorial is surrounded by concrete paving and wooden posts with chain link.

The castle gatehouse

The site where Sir Gervase Clifton (died 1618) ‘began to build a goodly house’ is a grass field 600 ft. by 300 ft.enclosed on three sides by large banks averaging 35 ft. across the base. At the four corners and almost entirely outside the lines of the banks are curious circular bastions. The bastions were probably merely ornamental features and never intended for purposes of defence.

Salome

The chapel of Salen is mentioned in 1248 and in 1299 the question arose as to its being a sanctuary. In 1444 the sum of 16s. 8d. was paid ‘pro le riggyng and redyng de la chapell, hall and le chaumbre’ at Leighton Bromswold. The site is marked on a map by Thomas Norton (c. 1660) as a square inclosure at the north-west corner of Elecampane Close near the south-west angle of Salome Wood.

Leighton Bromswold geography / climate

The parish of Leighton Bromswold contains 3,128 acres (1,266 ha), about half of which is arable and half grass land. The land is undulating and is watered by two brooks, the one flowing from the west through the north and middle part of the parish. The population was chiefly engaged in agriculture until the late 20th century. The church is Grade I listed whilst there are seven Grade II listed buildings within the village.

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Best Leighton Bromswold places to visit

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Leighton Bromswold has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Leighton Bromswold’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Leighton Bromswold’s information audio spots:

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