Little Leigh . Net
  • The community website of Little Leigh, Cheshire


  • Little Leigh History

    This section of the site is a collection of information, maps and so forth that have been collected through various sources. For a set of definitive links to archive sources, please see the Links section

    For some historical background on the village, click here.

    Basic information on the population of the village can be found here.

    The 1851 census for Little Leigh can be searched here,
    Alternatively, it can be downloaded as a csv file (opens with
    Microsoft Excel here. Alternatively, do right click and "Save As...")
    Or a browsable HTML (text) page is here.

    Some background on the background to building the Church is here.

    An animated photograph of the earlier chapel, superimposed on the current day view is here.
    Note: the page is just under 1MB and may take a while to load.

    Histories of the pubs of Little Leigh, including licensees.

    And an insight in the the strength of village feeling about interference from outside can be found here!

    There are some maps available, but because they are copyright they are
    1) only available if you apply for registration to view them here; and
    2) are watermarked with the name of the respective copyright holder.
    You can view low resolution thumbnails of the maps available here.


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