Leigh on Sea News - historicaleigh

You've got to pick a pocket or two...

May 2, 2016 by Carole Mulroney

Did Fagin visit The Crooked Billet in 1908?

Historicaleigh - The Grand

April 4, 2016 by Carole Mulroney

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.

Historicaleigh: Dr John Cook Of Leigh

March 15, 2016 by Carole Mulroney

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.

Historicaleigh: Leigh On The Map

March 2, 2016 by Carole Mulroney

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.

HISTORICALEIGH - A POSTMEN OF LEIGH PLAYS HIS PART

December 21, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

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

HistoricaLeigh - Leigh's War Memorial

November 24, 2015 by Carole Mulroney