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Leigh: 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.
Leigh Surname Origin
Leigh: Place of Origin :  Cheshire (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Surrey (United Kingdom) |  Warwickshire (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Leigh: Online Family Trees
LEIGH Cumberland,Grande-Bretagne (Cumbria, England, United Kingdom) 1585 - 1585
LEIGH  (United Kingdom)  - 1687
LEIGH Hook (Dorset, England, United Kingdom) 1561 - 1823
LEIGH Inglaterra, Gran Bretaņa (England, United Kingdom) 1752 - 1752
LEIGH Londres, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaņa (London, England, United Kingdom) 1833 - 1833
LEIGH County Cheshire, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaņa (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1770 - 1770
LEIGH Addington Church (Surrey, England, United Kingdom) 1612 - 1612
LEIGH Edimbourg, Edimbourg, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1854 - 1854
LEIGH Mortlake, Sud-Est, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni (Surrey, England, United Kingdom) 1813 - 1813
LEIGH Basingthrop, Eng (England, United Kingdom) 1537 - 1621

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Leigh: GeneaNet Members
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Leigh: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Leigh is related to the following famous family trees :
        CURTIS Jamie Lee (1958 - )
        DARWIN Charles born DARWIN Charles Robert (1809 - 1882)
Leigh: Books that contain this surname
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LEIGHA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Leigh, of !N< rth-court, in the Isle of Wight, and had issue, two sons ...
LEIGHA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... dau. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Leigh, son of Thomas, 2nd Lord Leigh, and d. in 1712, leaving by her ...
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