Leigh

Leigh, a town of Lancashire, 21 miles N.E. of Liverpool and 16 W. of Manchester. Silks and cotton goods are extensively manufactured; iron-foundries, breweries, malt-kilns, and glass-works count amongst the principal industrial establishments. In the vicinity are productive coal-mines. Pop. (1861) 10,621; (1881) 21,734; (1891) 28,702. See Worsley's History of Leigh (1870).