Little Leigh

Little Leigh
The River Weaver at Little Leigh
Little Leigh Little Leigh shown within Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ617759
Civil parish	Little Leigh
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHWICH
Postcode district	CW8
Dialling code	01606
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Tatton
List of places UK England Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°16′44″N 2°34′30″W / 53.279°N 2.575°W / 53.279; -2.575

Little Leigh (formerly Leigh-juxta-Bartington) is a civil parish and village within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on high ground on the north bank of the River Weaver; it is approximately 2 miles north of Weaverham on the A533 road and about three miles north-west of Northwich. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 567.^[1]

History

The village appears in the Domesday Book as "Lege", there were only five households and the manor was held by William FitzNigel of Halton. Originally in the parish of Great Budworth, an ancient chapel of ease in Little Leigh was fully rebuilt in 1712 and was described as "a mean building of brick, standing defenceless in the highway". The chapel was replaced in 1879 by St Michael and All Angels Church, when Little Leigh became a separate parish. The salary for a schoolmaster had been paid from a bequest since 1728; classes were held in the west end of the chapel until a National School was built in 1840.^[2] A Baptist Chapel was built in 1829. It contains a plaque commemorating an early minister, the Reverend Thomas Fownes Smith (1802-1866), who is said to have been the inspiration for the well known folk song, The Farmer's Boy.^[3] In 1872, there was a population of 914 living in 179 houses.^[4]

The Baptist Church at Little Leigh where Thomas Fownes Smith preached. He is said to have been the original "Farmer's Boy"

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Cheshire West and Chester

Principal settlements	Chester Ellesmere Port Frodsham Neston Northwich Winsford

Civil parishes (current)	Acton Bridge Agden Aldersey Aldford and Saighton Allostock Alvanley Anderton with Marbury Antrobus Ashton Hayes and Horton cum Peel Aston Bache Backford Barnton Barrow Barton Beeston Bostock Broxton Burwardsley Byley Capenhurst Carden Chester Castle Chidlow Chorlton Chowley Christleton Clotton Hoofield Clutton Coddington Comberbach Croughton Crowton Cuddington Cuddington Darnhall Davenham Delamere and Oakmere Dodleston Duckington Duddon Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford Dutton Eaton and Eccleston Edgerley Elton Farndon Frodsham Golborne David Great Boughton Great Budworth Guilden Sutton Handley Hargrave and Huxley Hartford Harthill Helsby Huntington Ince Kelsall Kingsley Lach Dennis Lea-by-Backford Ledsham Little Budworth Little Leigh Little Stanney Littleton Lostock Gralam Malpas Manley Marston Mickle Trafford and District Mollington Moston Mouldsworth Moulton Neston Nether Peover No Man’s Heath and District Norley Northwich Poulton and Pulford Puddington Rowton Rudheath Rushton Saughall and Shotwick Park Shocklach Oviatt and District Shotwick Park Sproston Stanthorne and Wimboldsley Stoak Stretton Sutton Tarporley Tarvin Tattenhall and District Thornton-le-Moors Threapwood Tilston Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley Upton by Chester Utkinton Waverton Weaverham Wervin Whitegate and Marton Whitley Wigland Willington Wincham Winsford

Civil parishes (former)	Aldford Ashton Hayes Bickley Bradley Bridge Trafford Bruen Stapleford Buerton Burton Caldecott Caughall Chorlton-by-Backford Church Shocklach Churton by Aldford Churton by Farndon Churton Heath Claverton Cotton Abbotts Cotton Edmunds Crewe by Farndon Delamere Dunham-on-the-Hill Eaton Eccleston Edge Foulk Stapleford Golborne Bellow Grafton Hampton Hapsford Hatton Hockenhull Hoole Village Horton-by-Malpas Horton cum Peel Huxley Iddinshall Kings Marsh Larkton Lea Newbold Lower Kinnerton Macefen Marlston cum Lache Mickle Trafford Newton by Malpas Newton-by-Tattenhall Oakmere Oldcastle Overton Picton Poulton Prior's Heys Pulford Saighton Saughall Shocklach Oviatt Shotwick Shotwick Park Stanthorne Stockton Tattenhall Tilstone Fearnall Tiverton Tushingham-cum-Grindley Wimbolds Trafford Wimboldsley Woodbank Wychough

Unparished areas	Chester Ellesmere Port

Ceremonial county of Cheshire

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Unitary authorities	Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington

Major settlements	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire

Rivers	Bollin Croco Dane Dean Dee Gowy Goyt Mersey Weaver Wheelock

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Little Leigh

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