Boxwell with Leighterton
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Boxwell with Leighterton is a civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Cotswold
Cotswold (district)
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester....

 district of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 232. The parish includes Boxwell
Boxwell
Boxwell is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England, near the village of Leighterton...

 and Leighterton
Leighterton
Leighterton is a village in rural Gloucestershire off the A46. It is in the civil parish of Boxwell with Leighterton.Famous people: Matthew James Clout, Born March 15th 1996. Angus Duncan Milne, Born February 22nd 1996...

.

The adjoining parishes are: Ozleworth
Ozleworth
Ozleworth is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately south of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History:...

 to the north-west; Kingscote
Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Kingscote is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, set on the uplands near the south western edge of the Cotswold hills. It is situated about two miles east of Uley, five miles east of Dursley and four miles west of Tetbury. The landscape is designated...

 to the north; Westonbirt with Lasborough to the east; Didmarton
Didmarton
Didmarton is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswold District.Since 25 March 1883, the civil parish has included the former parish of Oldbury-on-the-Hill.-History:...

 to the south; and Hillesley and Tresham
Hillesley and Tresham
Hillesley and Tresham is a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, England. It had a population of 591 according to the 2001 census. The parish contains the villages of Hillesley and Tresham. The Lyvett family, an Anglo-Norman family prominent in Sussex, were lords of the manor...

 to the west. The last is in the Stroud
Stroud (district)
Stroud is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after its largest town, Stroud, and has its administrative headquarters in Ebley Mill, in the Ebley area on the outskirts of the town.thumb |left |Ebley Mill...

 district; the others are in the Cotswold
Cotswold (district)
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester....

district.
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