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Name Derivation
Leigh is derived from the Anglo Saxon leah(a clearing in the forest), and first appears on record around 1100 as Lega.


Nearby Villages (within 6 miles)
 
Chiddingstone Causeway (Penshurst Station ??) 1.7 miles
Bidborough () 2.2 miles
Penshurst (Coming Soon) 2.7 miles
Sevenoaks Weald (Lower the tower by twenty feet) 3.1 miles
Chiddingstone (A perfect Tudor village) 3.5 miles
Speldhurst (Nobleman captured at Agincourt) 3.5 miles
Broomhill (Swept away by the Storm) 3.6 miles
Rusthall (The Toad Rock) 4.2 miles
Shipbourne (Coming Soon) 4.3 miles
Fordcombe (UK) 4.5 miles
Hever (Anne Boleyn and the Castle) 4.8 miles
Langton Green (Modern village and Old Quarry) 4.9 miles
Ide Hill () 5.2 miles
Markbeech (Coming Soon) 5.2 miles
Blackham (Roughs and Prize Fighters) 5.4 miles
Four Elms (Coming Soon) 5.4 miles
Hadlow (Mays Folly - 150ft tower) 5.4 miles
Plaxtol () 5.4 miles
Ashurst (Miraculous Carving) 5.5 miles
Pembury (The ghost of Hawkwell) 5.5 miles
Groombridge (Home of the Groombridge Gang) 5.7 miles
Tudeley & Capel (UK) 5.8 miles
Toys Hill () 5.9 miles

 
       
 
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