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times the village would probably have been a green with the houses and church around it, and prosperous. The northern wall and porch of St James church is from the 13th century, as is the carved stone
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The village has two public houses: the New Inn and Ye Olde Inn. As well as Wot Not second-hand shop, and two garages. The village shop has now closed.
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was a crossing point of east-west and north-south main lines. In particular it is considered to be the present end of the line from milepost zero at
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document of 887AD. At that time it was probably just a clearing in the woods with possibly a wooden church. Westerleigh is mentioned in the
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By 1876 occupations in the village included farmers, a bootmaker, shopkeepers, innkeepers, butchers, a plasterer, a blacksmith, a
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By 1600 the village supported a shoemaker, a blacksmith, a sawyer, a flour mill, a malt house and two public houses. In 1617,
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style, with the tower (once used as the village lock up) added at a later date. The 700th anniversary was celebrated in 2004.
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and Parkfield providing more employment. The mines closed in the last century, when the coal was exhausted.
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was baptised to James and Eleanor Crandall at St. James the Great church, and became one of the founders of
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was 3,755. On 1 April 2023 the parish was renamed from "Westerleigh" to "Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath".
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The discovery of coal in 1660 provided employment for the villagers, with further finds at
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in the east, through 'Westerleigh'. The total population for the ward at the
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Westerleigh (disambiguation)

Westerleigh is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
OS grid reference
ST670818
Civil parish
Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath
Unitary authority
South Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
BS36, BS37
Dialling code
Police
Avon and Somerset
Fire
Avon
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Thornbury and Yate
UK

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