Leigh, Surrey
| Leigh | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Leigh village green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ217471 |
| Location: | 51°12’37"N, 0°15’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 856 |
| Post town: | Reigate |
| Postcode: | RH2 |
| Dialling code: | 01306 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mole Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mole Valley |
Leigh is a village in Surrey, between Reigate and Dorking, with a population, taking the parish as a whole, of 856 in 2001. It lies within the Reigate Hundred.
The parish church is St Bartholomew's.
The village has two pubs, the Plough and the Seven Stars. It has a nursery school but no primary nor secondary school. Children of the village do though enjoy a fine play area largely constructed of natural materials.
A hoard of 62 Roman silver denarii was discovered in a field at Swains Farm in 2004. The oldest of the coins dates from 31 BC and the youngest were minted in around 180 AD after the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.[1]
Leigh appears to have been a centre for the Wealden iron industry,[2] and the village was explicitly exempted from a legal prohibition of making charcoal from certain timber types issued by Elizabeth I, so that iron smelting could continue.[3]
References
- ↑ Williams D (2005). "A late 2nd century coin hoard from Leigh". Surrey Archaeological Collections (Surrey Archaeological Society) 92: 259–262.
- ↑ Giuseppi MS (1902). "The manor of Ewood and the ironworks there". Surrey Archaeological Collections (Surrey Archaeological Society) 17: 28–33.
- ↑ Victoria County History of Surrey iii 208-210
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