Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LEIGHLAND	Preferred	English	1724		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
LEIGHLAND ST GILES	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County	1724		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
DUNSTER	Rural Deanery	1724	1872	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
DUNSTER	Rural Deanery	1951	1973	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
EXMOOR	Rural Deanery	1973		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
WIVELISCONBE	Rural Deanery	1872	1951	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1724	was created from part of	OLD CLEEVE EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 422.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.