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Little Leighs
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Little Leighs
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Coordinates: 51°49′25″N0°29′33″E / 51.8235°N 0.4926°E / 51.8235; 0.4926

Little Leighs is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Leighs, [1] in the Chelmsford district in the English county of Essex. In 1931 the parish had a population of 158. [2] On 1 April 1949 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Leighs to form "Great and Little Leighs". [3]

Little Leighs lies beside the River Ter, just south of the village of Great Leighs. Until rerouting bypassed the village, Little Leighs was on the A131 road.

The church in the village is dedicated to St John the Evangelist. Built of flint rubble, the fabric of the structure dates back at least as far as the early twelfth century. [4]

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References

  1. "Great & Little Leighs Parish Council | Home". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
  2. "Population statistics Little Leighs AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. "Chelmsford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "Church of St John the Evangelist, Great and Little Leighs". British Listed Buildings. 10 April 1967. Retrieved 26 September 2013.