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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LEIGH, a village and a parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent. The village stands near the river Medway, adjacent to the Tunbridge and Reigate railway, 2¾ miles W of Tunbridge; is sometimes called Lye or West Leigh; and has a post office, of the name of Leigh, under Tunbridge, and a fair on 16 June.—The parish contains also Hollanden hamlet, and part of Hildenborough chapelry. Acres, 4,660. Real property, £6,130. Pop. in 1851, 1,161; in 1861,1,256. Houses, 222. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with Hall Place, belongs to T. F. Baily, Esq. There is a mineral spring, of similar quality to the springs of Tunbridge Wells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £510.* Patron, the Rev. T. May. The church is ancient; had once a chantry; was recently restored; had formerly no tower, but has now a new one; and contains a curious brass without name or date, and two other brasses. There are a national school, and charities £91.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Leigh AP/CP Sevenoaks RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | LEIGH | LYE | WEST LEIGH |
| Place: | Leigh |
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