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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester abstract "Leigh (pop. 46,000) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 7.7 miles (12 km) southeast of Wigan and 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Manchester city centre. Leigh is situated on low-lying land to the north west of Chat Moss.Historically a part of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish covering six vills or townships. When the three townships of Pennington, Westleigh and Bedford merged in 1875 forming the Leigh Local Board District, Leigh became the official name for the town although it had been applied to the area of Pennington and Westleigh around the parish church for many centuries.The town became an urban district in 1894 when part of Atherton was added. In 1899 Leigh became a municipal borough. The first town hall was built in King Street and replaced by the present building in 1907.Originally an agricultural area noted for dairy farming, domestic spinning and weaving led to a considerable silk and, in the 20th century, cotton industry. Leigh also exploited the underlying coal measures particularly after the town was connected to the canals and railways. Leigh had an important engineering base. The legacy of Leigh's industrial past can be seen in the remaining red brick mills – some of which are listed buildings – although it is now a mainly residential town, with Edwardian and Victorian terraced housing packed around the town centre. Leigh's present-day economy is based largely on the retail sector.".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester areaCode "01942".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester country United_Kingdom.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester distanceToLondon "271979.136".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester gridReference "SD655005".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester metropolitanBorough Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wigan.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester populationTotal "46000".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester postalCode "WN7".
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester thumbnail Leigh_Parish_Church_&_The_Boars_Head.jpg?width=300.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageRevisionID "707353838".
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Burnham.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Bickershaw_Colliery.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Blackburn_Rovers_F.C..
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Bolton.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink British_Insulated_Callenders_Cables.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geography_of_Wigan_Borough.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Category:Leigh,_Greater_Manchester.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Category:Towns_in_Greater_Manchester.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Church.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Cavalier.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Challenge_Cup.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Chartism.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Chat_Moss.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Culcheth.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink David_Brown_Ltd..
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Edwardian_architecture.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink End_of_Roman_rule_in_Britain.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink English_Civil_War.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink European_Union.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink File:Arms-leigh.jpg.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink File:Leigh_Town_Hall_Night_Scene.jpg.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink First_Greater_Manchester.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Frankie_&_Bennys.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink George_Stephenson.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Georgie_Fame.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Glaze_Brook.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Golborne.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Grammar_school.
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Greater_Manchester_Built-up_Area.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Guided_bus.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Haydock.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Hilton_Park_(stadium).
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- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Historic_counties_of_England.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Hundred_(county_division).
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink J._S._Crowther.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink James_Caldwell_Prestwich.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink James_Hilton_(novelist).
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink James_Stanley,_7th_Earl_of_Derby.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Stones_Coaches.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink John_Lennard-Jones.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Hansom.
- Leigh,_Greater_Manchester wikiPageWikiLink Kenyon_Junction_railway_station.