# Turleigh

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{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =               England
|static_image=           The Old Main Road - geograph.org.uk - 601414.jpg
|static_image_caption=   The Old Main Road in Turleigh
|coordinates =           {{coord|51.344|-2.279|type:city(50)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}         
|official_name=          Turleigh
|civil_parish=           [Winsley](/source/Winsley)
|unitary_england       = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_Council)
|lieutenancy_england   = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)
|region=                 South West England
|constituency_westminster = [Melksham and Devizes](/source/Melksham_and_Devizes_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town=              Bradford on Avon
|postcode_district =     BA15
|postcode_area=          BA
|dial_code=              01225
|os_grid_reference=      ST805607
|website=                
}}
'''Turleigh''' is a hamlet in west [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England.  It lies immediately south of the village of [Winsley](/source/Winsley), overlooking the [Avon](/source/River_Avon_(Bristol)) valley, about {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} west of [Bradford on Avon](/source/Bradford_on_Avon). The [Kennet and Avon Canal](/source/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal) and [Avoncliff railway station](/source/Avoncliff_railway_station) are below the hamlet in the river valley.

==Urban development==
Turleigh Manor is [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England entry|num=1021905|desc=Turleigh Manor|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> 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](/source/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](/source/stonemasons) and [tanner](/source/Tanner_(occupation))s.

From 1819 to 1885 there was a Baptist chapel at Turleigh Manor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baptist Chapel, Turleigh|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/825|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[John Daniel Heal](/source/John_Daniel_Heal), mayor of [Brisbane, Queensland](/source/Brisbane%2C_Queensland), was born at Turleigh in 1825. [Moma Clarke](/source/Moma_Clarke) (Maria Elvins Clarke, 1869–1958, journalist) lived in Turleigh for a while.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web|title=Winsley|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/248|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=22 July 2015}}

Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire

{{Wiltshire-geo-stub}}

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