Leigham

Leigham
Leigham
	Leigham Location within Devon
District	Plymouth;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Plymouth
Postcode district	PL6
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Plymouth Moor View;
	List of places UK England Devon 50°24′11″N 4°05′35″W / 50.403°N 4.093°W

Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up. The area is located to the north east of Plymouth itself.

The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'an open space in a wood'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was referred to as Leaham and was recorded as consisting of the manor and two farms.

Unfortunately the ancient manor house is no longer there: it fell into disrepair following the Second World War.^[1] In the late Summer of 1946 Plymouth City Council bought the Leigham Manor Estate as part of its redevelopment plan for the City.

Leigham was in the parish of Plympton St Mary but is now in the parish of Estover, which itself was carved out of the manorial estate in the 1970s.

References

^ The History of Leigham Manor, Devonshire

External links

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[1] The History of Leigham Manor, Devonshire

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