Great and Little Leighs

Great and Little Leighs
Great and Little Leighs
Location within Essex
Population2,709 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHELMSFORD
Postcode districtCM3 1
Dialling code01245
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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.