HistoricaLeigh - The way we were in 1831

Also back then, the town had a total of 5 bakers, 4 boot / shoe makers, 5 butchers and 8 grocers and shopkeepers - there was no Broadway of course so these were all in the Old Town.

A local entrepreneur, David Montague, was a cement maker, potter and brickmaker in the Town. There were 5 pubs at the time including The Smack (the Landlord was Samuel Fairchild),  The King's Head (where the Sailing Club is now), The Peterboat (Landlord Arthur Hay), The Crooked Billet (Landlord Henry Frost) and The Ship (Landlord Samuel Bridge (not - of the Leigh Bridge family)

That was it. That was how the little town we love was made up some! 

This article is by Carole Mulroney of Leigh Lives.
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