Etymology

Leigh-on-Sea

Today it means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386). Full definition →

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*Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.