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Legh: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. A town in England, a pasture or meadow, the same as Ley, or.Lea. The frequency of this family name in Cheshire, England, led to the old proverb, As many Leighs as fleas, Masseys as asses, and Davenports as dog's tails.
Legh Surname Origin
Legh: Place of Origin :  Cheshire (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Surrey (United Kingdom) |  Staffordshire (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Legh: Online Family Trees
LEGH  (United Kingdom)  -
LEGH Eaton (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1548 - 1548
LEGH Fleet Prison (London, England, United Kingdom) 1529 - 1529
LEGH Adlington (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1435 - 1456
LEGH Holford (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1454 - 1454
LEGH Booths (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1317 - 1331
LEGH Prestbury (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1465 - 1465
de LEGH de LYMM-LEIGH High Leigh (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1316 - 1316
de LEGH High Leigh (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1250 - 1338
LEGH Highleah (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1499 - 1499

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Legh: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Legh is related to the following famous family trees :
        CARROLL Lewis born DODGSON Charles Lutwidge (1832 - 1898)
Legh: Books that contain this surname
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LEGHA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... eldest dau. of the late Thomas Legh, Esq. of Adlington, in Cheshire, und has a son, Thomas, 6. 31 Jan. ...		 LEGHA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Esq. , Letitia, m. to Henry Legh, Esq. , Frances, m. to Silvester Richmond, Esq. , and Sarah, who d. ...
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