Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Leigh Woods like this:

Leigh Wood, Somerset, in vicinity of Bristol; is connected by a suspension bridge over the Avon with the suburb of Clifton.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Leigh Woods by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Clifton 0 2
Bower Ashton 0 2
Abbots Leigh 0 2
Tyndalls Park 0 1
Bedminster 0 2
Long Ashton 0 3
Bristol 288 7
Kingsdown 0 1
Redland 0 1
Sea Mills 0 2
Stoke Bishop 0 2
Weir 0 2
Montpelier 0 1
Bishopsworth 0 2
Henleaze 0 1
Bishopston 0 2
Knowle 0 2
Barton Hill 0 1
Pill 0 2
Hartcliffe 0 2