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- Tithe schedule: 1840
- Canadian Red Indians, Shakers and Leigh, 1860
- Hall Place Gardens in the last quarter of the 19th century
- The Great Flood, 1880
- Band of Hope – ca 1880-1900
- Winter in Leigh 1879
- Hall Place Gifts to Workers: 1880s-1945
- Census and Cricketers in the Leigh Area: 1881
- Diamond Jubilee celebration, 1897
- Shocking Railway Accident in 1898
- Leigh Village Policemen – 1900-1990
- Killed by Lightning c1905
- Church Parades, 9 June 1907
- Coronation of King George V, 1911
- Chiddingstone Causeway War Memorial: 1918
- Diary of an unknown man, 1904-1939 – named as Fred Eade
- First World War – Half Time …
- Leigh War Memorial: 1918 and 1945
- William Henry Bamblett
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- John Everest
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- Frank Faircloth
- Anthony Lacon De Mallet Flower
- Eric Gordon Fraser
- Frank Garner
- Frederick Healey
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- Tim Lee – coal merchant
- G. Mitchell
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- Roland Alfred Woodgate
- Ernest Mark Young (Mark Young)
- Godfrey Valentine Brooke Hine
- Circuses and Funfairs in Leigh 1920s-1970s
- Mummers’ Plays and Leigh ca 1930s
- Leigh Playhouse – 1930s
- Memories of Leigh Bakery and Chapel, 1927-1939
- Fire at Hall Place – 28 November 1940
- Leigh in the War 1939-45
- Memories of a Leigh Evacuee – Gladys Hale
- Memories of a Leigh evacuee – Tony Scragg
- Evacuees in Leigh: Village Guests
- Memories of Leigh during World War 2 by David Walters
- Second World War events, by Bernie ‘Butch’ Baker
- The Messerschmidt that surrendered in Leigh
- The Battle of Britain and Penshurst Airfield
- 1940 and the Pillboxes around Leigh
- Leigh’s Iron Cross: 1940
- Telegraph Boy in the 1940s
- Leigh Meals on Wheels 1940s-1980s
- Bakery and chapel-going, by Joyce Juggins (1935-1948)
- Lord Hollenden moves into workshops – 1941
- Do You Remember Dadlems Day?
- The village sign 1951
- A Child at Hall Place
- Village Childhood Fifty Years Ago
- Coronation Celebrations 1953: A Parade of Decorated Vehicles!
- Village Shopping Fifty Years Ago
- Leigh’s First Parish Magazine – August 1957
- Leigh 1952 and 2002
- Reflections of a Parish Clerk 1956-1984
- A Gamekeeper’s Troubles: George Clarke (1955)
- Best Kept Village, 1971
- Silver Jubillee, 1977
- John Parfitt and Papers – from the start of the Historical Society, 1981
- The Princess Christian Farm Colony 1895-1995
- Wild flowers of Leigh (1985)
- French Film Crew Visits Leigh in July 2014
- Family history
- The ANDERSON Family at Home Farm and Charcott
- Gladys AXTELL
- BAILY family of Hall Place
- Lucille BAKER 1948-1959
- BENFIELD family
- BENNETT family
- Dr Ernest BERKLEY
- Harry BLACKFORD – Chauffeur to Dr. Beaufort Fraser
- Charlotte BOURNER
- BROAD family
- BROOKER family
- Clement Bertram BURT
- CHILDREN family
- The CHEESEMAN family
- George CORNELIUS, police constable
- Harold COX (1859-1936)
- CRANDALL family
- Betty CRAWFORD
- Doctors in Leigh
- FAIRCLOTH Family
- Fred EADE
- FARRANT Family
- Harold FARRINGDON – Cricket Ball Maker
- The FITZJOHN family
- Emma GARDNER’s Prize 1901
- Roy Frederick GRANT
- GRAY family
- GREVATT, George William
- GREYLAND children
- HEATH AND HINE FAMILIES
- The HEALY Family
- Bob HINGE – wins flight in Lancaster
- HOBBS – WINTER- STYLES Families of Leigh and Charcott
- Florence HOSTLER
- Thomas HODSON – Leigh Resident in Prison
- Albert Charles HUMPHREY family
- Alfred HOUGHTON
- INGRAM Family
- Noel JEMPSON, Landlord of the Plough
- John KNOCK (Pen Portrait)
- Peter KING: Leigh Blacksmith: 1936-2014
- LUCAS Family
- MAY family
- Thomas MAY’s letter to son 1849
- MAY family letters to Henry May
- MAY Family Tree and Notes
- Deed 4 Feb 1889: Isabella Maria May and Death Certificate
- Indenture Between Thomas May and Samuel Morley: 28 December 1882
- Indenture Between Henry Sturt and Thomas May re Little Lucy’s Farm 1886
- MAY and OLIPHANT connection – who was Isabella Oliphant?
- MAGNUS Family and Porcupine House
- MORGAN sisters
- MORLEY and HICKS of Lealands Avenue
- OLDER, Frank (1918-2006)
- Samuel MORLEY
- Janie van OOSTEROM
- POCOCK Family
- SALES family
- Mrs SELDEN
- SHOEBRIDGE Family
- SIMMONS family
- Bert STUBBINGS (and Argent) Family in Leigh
- STYLES family
- Thomas STURGESS, churchwarden
- Edward TERRY
- Phyllis UPFIELD
- WAITE family
- Octavius WALTON
- WINTER family
- Richard YOUNG – Charge of the Light Brigade Hero from Leigh
- Around the parish and MAPS
- Maps of Leigh and district
- Farm Survey, 1713 – Tyherst and Sinderhill Farms
- Plan showing the Scheme of Drainage of the Village of Leigh, Kent: 1872
- Farm Survey 1767 – Clark’s Farm
- Farm Survey 1767 – Funk’s Farm
- 1870 Ordnance Survey – area around village
- Farm Survey 1819 – Little Kettles Farm
- Penshurst Estate, 1822
- Hasted’s History of Kent, 1778, vol 1 the Somerden Hundred
- Lady Yonge’s Estate, 1758
- Andrew, Drury and Herbert, 1769
- Hasted’s History of Kent, 1778, vol. 2: The Lowry of Tonbridge
- 1801 Ordnance Survey
- 1810 Plan for Proposed Grand Southern Canal
- Greenwoods Map of Kent, 1821
- Powdermills, 1837
- Tithe Map, 1841
- Leigh’s Shops and Trades
- Around the Green
- Barden Cottages
- Church Hill Cottage/s
- Church Hill House
- Cricket Pavilion
- East Lodge
- Elizabeth Cottage
- Forge Square
- Great Boydens – the Row
- Inglenook
- Kennards
- The Oak Cottage, The Green
- Old Chimneys (formerly No 1 and 2 The Green)
- Park House
- Old Wood Cottage
- Pippin Cottage
- Porcupine House
- South View
- Vicarage (Old)
- The Village Pound
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- Charcott
- Farms and the surrounding area
- Applebys
- Aynho – Powder Mills
- Blackhoath Cottages
- Cinder Hill Farm
- Fosters Farm
- Gales and Greenways Cottages
- Garden Cottages
- Great Barnetts
- Green View Avenue/Lealands Avenue
- Home Farm (known as Clarks Farm until 1856)
- Lightfoots Cottages
- Little Barnetts Farm
- Little Lucy’s Farm
- Meadow Bungalow, off Weir Lane
- Moorden Farm House
- Moorden Cottages
- Oasts in Leigh
- Oldhouse Farm and Old House
- Old School House
- Paul’s Farm
- Price’s Farm
- Ramhurst Farm
- White Cottage (The)
- Wickhurst Farm and Oast
- Woods, The
- Gaza Barracks
- Hall Place
- High Street South Side – East to West; North Side East to West; and Lower Green
- Bombers Cottage
- Chilling House (formerly The Limes)
- El Vanin and Ranmore
- Fleur-de-Lis and Fleur-de-Lis Cottages
- Engineers Cottages
- Institute Cottage
- Oak Cottages, High Street
- Old Bakery (The)
- Old Brickmakers
- Orchard House
- Pear Tree Cottage(s)
- Penshurst Entrance Lodge: Pinnacle/Pepperpot
- Pump Cottage And Pump House
- Rose Cottage
- Saxby Wood
- Square (The)
- Stone House (The) and Park Cottage (formerly 1,2,3 Park Cottages)
- Village Halls (The)
- West Lodge
- Waterworks, Kiln Lane
- Wheelwrights Cottage
- White House (The)
- Institutions, clubs and teams
- Cricket Club
- Football Club
- Golden Years Club
- Hospitals for people in Leigh
- Leigh Coal Fund
- The Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Leigh Good Intent Benefit Society
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- Leigh Nursing Association and Leigh Invalid Comfort Fund
- Leigh Poor and the Leigh Poor House
- Leigh Police and Crime
- Leigh Royal British Legion Table Tennis Club
- Leigh School
- Leigh Scouts – Scouting in Leigh – How it began
- Leigh Womens’ Institute Pram Race 1971
- Leigh Chapel
- St Mary’s Church
- Sermon by Rev Miles: November 2015
- Worship in Leigh 1876–1883
- The Churchyard
- Churchyard Boundaries: repair of the Church Wall after 1987 Storm
- Vicars of Leigh
- Church brasses
- Stained glass
- Leigh Church during the Incumbency of the Rev. Hugh Collum
- Refurbishing the Chancel in 1892
- Monuments in Leigh Church
- Leigh Church – A vicar, why not a Rector?
- St Mary’s Choir (-1934-1984)
- Restoration of Leigh Church 1861
- Four Leigh Vicarages
- North Lodge, Redleaf, Penshurst
- Powder Mills
- Elizabeth I and her Association with Powder Mills
- History of Powder Mills
- Checklist of trees and plants on the Powder Mills site, 2005
- Maps of Powder Mills
- Pictures of Powder Mills
- Powder Mills photos
- People of Powder Mills
- Powder Mills workers, 1930s
- David Benfield, a Powder Mill Family from 1811
- William Ford BURTON
- Noel Jempson, Powder Mill Carpenter and Landlord of the Plough
- A schoolboy’s memories of the Powder Mills 1925-1935
- Powder Mill Workers and Relocation: The Cheeseman Family 1830-1859
- Powder Mill workers and relocation: the Sealy (or Sealey) family
- John Fredrick Herring and Explosions at Leigh Powder Mills
- Tim Lee – Powder Mills lorry driver
- The Swain family
- Southwood – Leigh’s ‘other’ Stately Home
- Maps of Leigh and district
- Photographs and Documents
- Archive
- Archive index
- Burials 1827-1840: of children 5 years and under
- Chapel burials, Leigh Nonconformist Chapel
- Chris Rowley, We had everything: Index
- Deed 4 Feb 1889: Isabella Maria May plus Death Certificate
- Deed 1 August 1913 Exchange of Land and Cottages (South View/corner Green Lane)
- Deed of Redemption: Leigh United Charities etc 1938
- Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of Kent
- Hildenborough Burial Records and www.findagrave.com
- Indenture between Henry Sturt and Thomas May re Little Lucy’s Farm: 1886
- Indenture Between Thomas May and Samuel Morley 1882
- Leigh Parish Registers 1592-1812
- Leigh Workhouse, 1851
- Minutes of the Parish Council (Indexes only) 1894-1979
- Miscellaneous documents in our archive
- Notes on the History of the Parish of Leigh, by Commander F N Stagg, 1946
- Poor House deaths, 1829-40
- Redemption Document re Charity of George Children 1937
- Sale of part of the Penshurst Place Estate 1921
- Vestry Minutes 1823-1844
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