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Places

In England

Pronounced : *

Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical paris ...

, Borough of Wigan **

Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) Leigh was a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament. From 2019 to 2024, Leigh was held by James Grundy ...

Leigh-on-Sea Leigh-on-Sea (), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a List of towns in England, town and civil parish within the city of Southend-on-Sea, located in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 22,509. Geograph ...

, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset *

Leigh, Gloucestershire Leigh is a village and civil parish in the district of Tewkesbury, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. As of 2019, it has a population of 325. History The name "Leigh" means 'The wood/clearing'. Leigh was recorded in the Domesday Book ...

Leigh, Kent Leigh , historically spelled Lyghe, is a village and a civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is located six miles (10 km) south of Sevenoaks town and three miles (5 km) west of Tonbridge. There is a larg ...

Leigh, Staffordshire Leigh is a civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Church Leigh, together with the settlements of Withington, Upper Leigh, Lower Leigh, Morrilow Heath, Middleton Green, Dods ...

Leigh, Surrey Leigh is a village and civil parish in Surrey, between Reigate, Dorking and Charlwood in the east of Mole Valley district. The village centre is suburban and its remainder is agricultural, interspersed by four satellite clustered localities: D ...

Leigh, Wiltshire Leigh is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, southeast of Ashton Keynes and west of Cricklade. It is on the edge of the Cotswold Water Park and near to the county border with Gloucestershire. The parish includes the hamle ...

Leigh, Worcestershire Leigh is a village and civil parish (with a parish council shared with Bransford) in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. With just a few hundred inhabitants the parish lies on the A4103, the main Worcester to ...

* Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip) *

Leigh Delamere Leigh Delamere is a small village in the civil parish of Grittleton in the English county of Wiltshire, about northwest of the town of Chippenham. The M4 motorway passes some 250 metres to the south, and the motorway's Leigh Delamere service ...

, Wiltshire *

Leigh Green Leigh Green is a hamlet southeast of the town of Tenterden in Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to t ...

, Kent *

Leigh Park Leigh Park is a large suburb (population 27,500) of Havant, in Hampshire, England. It currently forms the bulk or whole of four electoral wards: Battins, Bondfields, Barncroft and Warren Park (generally referred to as 'The Warren'). Staunton ...

, Hampshire *

Leigh Sinton Leigh Sinton is a hamlet in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is at the south end of the civil parish of Leigh Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough ...

, Worcestershire * Leigh Woods, Somerset * Abbots Leigh, Somerset *

East Leigh East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

, Devon *

Little Leigh Little Leigh (formerly Leigh-juxta-Bartington) is a civil parish and village within the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on high groun ...

, Cheshire *

Little Leighs Little Leighs is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district in the English county of Essex. In 1931 the parish had a population of 158. On 1 April 1949 the parish was abolished an ...

, Essex *

North Leigh North Leigh is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. The parish includes the Hamlet (place), hamlet of East End and since 1932 has also included the hamlet of Wilcote. The United Kingd ...

, Oxfordshire

Elsewhere

Leigh, County Tipperary Leigh () is a townland in the civil parish of Twomileborris, County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Re ...

, Ireland *

Leigh, Nebraska Leigh is a village in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census. History Leigh was founded in the 1870s. Leigh was the maiden name of the first postmaster's wife. A post office was established at Leigh i ...

, United States * Leigh, New South Wales, in

Bellingen Shire Bellingen Shire is a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The shire is located adjacent to the Pacific Highway, Waterfall Way and the North Coast railway line. The mayor of the Bellingen Shire ...

, Australia *

Leigh, New Zealand Leigh () is a small coastal community in the north of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It lies on the west side of Omaha Cove, a small inlet within Ōmaha Bay to the south of Cape Rodney. It is 13 km from Matakana, 21 km from Warkwor ...

* Leigh, Texas, United States, the location of historic site Mimosa Hall *

Leigh Canyon Leigh Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley. Leigh ...

and

Leigh Lake Leigh Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is wide and long from north to south. Situated just southeast of Mount Moran, the lake is at the terminus of both Paintbrush and Leigh ...

, Wyoming, United States *

Leigh River (Victoria) The Leigh River (or Waywatcurtan in the Wathaurong Aboriginal language) is a perennial river of the Lake Corangamite, Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victor ...

, Australia

Other uses

Leigh (name) Leigh ( ) is both an English surname and a unisex given name meaning "meadow" and "delicate". Surname * Alex Leigh (born 1978), English fashion model * Augusta Leigh (1783–1851), only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron * Benjamin W. Leigh (17 ...

, a surname and given name *

Baron Leigh Baron Leigh has been created twice as a hereditary title, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The writer Jane Austen is associated with this dynasty. The first creation came in the Peerage of England ...

of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England *

Leigh & Orange Leigh & Orange Ltd (, formerly known as ), founded in Hong Kong in 1874, is an international architectural and interior design practice. The group has a total of 550 staff and operates through its headquarters in Hong Kong with branch o ...

, Hong Kong *

Leigh Leopards The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...

, a rugby league football club in Greater Manchester * Leigh's disease, a rare neurometabolic disorder of the central nervous system *

Leigh Light The Leigh Light (L/L) was a British World War II era anti-submarine device used in the Battle of the Atlantic. It was a powerful (22 million candelas) carbon arc searchlight of diameter fitted to a number of the British Royal Air Force' ...

, an antisubmarine device used in World War II

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