Great and Little Leighs

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Great and Little Leighs
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Great and Little Leighs
Location within Essex
Population2,709 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHELMSFORD
Postcode district CM3 1
Dialling code 01245
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
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UK
England
Essex
51°49′37″N0°30′18″E / 51.82694°N 0.50500°E / 51.82694; 0.50500

Great and Little Leighs is a civil parish in the City of Chelmsford in Essex, England. [1] The parish includes the villages of Great Leighs and Little Leighs. In 2011 the civil had a population of 2,709. [2] The villages was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, and was then called Leg(r)a. [3] The parish was created in 1946. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ordnance Survey linked data". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ↑ ONS. "Great and Little Leighs (parish)". Neighbourhood statistics. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ↑ The Domesday Book online. "Essex L-O" . Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Relationships and changes Great and Little Leighs CP through time". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 8 October 2020.


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