Great and Little Leighs

Great and Little Leighs
Great and Little Leighs
Location within Essex
Population2,709 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHELMSFORD
Postcode districtCM3 1
Dialling code01245
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Great and Little Leighs is a civil parish in the City of Chelmsford in Essex, England. The parish includes the villages of Great Leighs and Little Leighs. In 2011 the civil had a population of 2,709. The villages was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, and was then called Leg(r)a. The parish was created in 1946.