Description
Leigh, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands on an affluent of the river Mole, 3 miles SW of Reigate station on the S.E.R., and has a post office under Reigate; money order and telegraph office, South Park. The parish comprises 3419 acres; population, 508. Leigh Place was the ancient seat of the Ardenes, but is now a farmhouse. Mynthurst is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; value, o£163. The church is Later English, has been restored, and contains fine brasses of the Ardenes. Ben Jonson is said to have been a resident. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
