Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name
Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. This article is about the medieval system "Manors" redirects here The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The area is located to the north east of Plymouth itself.
The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'an open space in a wood'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was referred to as Leaham and was recorded as consisting of the manor and two farms. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey
Unfortunately the ancient manor house is no longer there: it fell into disrepair following the Second World War. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Leigham was in the parish of Plympton St Mary but is now in the parish of Estover, which itself was carved out of the manorial estate in the 1960s and 1970s. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches for other uses see Estover (disambiguation Estover is a (1970s Housing estate, consisting almost entirely of what were then Council The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
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