Leigh on Sea News - historicaleigh

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Did Fagin visit The Crooked Billet in 1908?

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Historicaleigh - The Grand

The saga of the Grand seems to run and run and sad it is to see it deteriorating, so lets look back at its past.

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Historicaleigh: Dr John Cook Of Leigh

There had been a Dr Cook in Leigh since 1700 when at the age of 22, John Cook, apothecary and chirurgeon, set up his practice in the Old Town in a place soon to be known by his name.

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Historicaleigh: Leigh On The Map

We all know that Leigh supplied several ships for Drake’s Fleet to fight the Spanish Armada and we know from the records that Leigh was a ship building centre.

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HISTORICALEIGH - A POSTMEN OF LEIGH PLAYS HIS PART

The Great War placed many strains on the postal service mainly brought on by the recruitment of postmen into the services.

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HistoricaLeigh - Leigh's War Memorial

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