Woodleigh is a village, parish and former manor located in the South Hams region of the county of Devon, England.

The manor is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Odelie and was the 13th of the 17 holdings of Robert of Aumale (Latinised to Robertus de Albemarle).

[1] Wood Barton on the northern edge of Woodleigh was built as a Cistercian monastery before being converted to apartments.

Woodbarton and 1200+ acres of surrounding land was once owned by racehorse trainer and farmer David barons.. https://www.racingpost.com/news/grand-national-winning-trainer-david-barons-dies-at-age-of-81/320277 The population of Woodleigh is approximately 150.

1426), Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, married as his first wife Jane Bozun, daughter of Edmond Bozun of Wood, and Wood became the residence of his son and heir John Fortescue, and passed to his male descendants for three generations.