Leigh, Worcestershire

Leigh
Leigh - house at the village centre
Leigh  Leigh shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference	SO783534
District	Malvern Hills
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORCESTER
Postcode district	WR6
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	West Worcestershire
List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire

Leigh is a village and civil parish (with Bransford) in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. With just a few hundred inhabitants the parish lies on the A4103, the main Worcester to Hereford road, about 5 miles out of Worcester, whilst Malvern is also about 5 miles away. It comprises the village of Bransford, and the hamlets of Brockamin, Leigh Sinton, Sandlin & Smith End Green.

Due largely to the significant reduction of the hop industry in the area,^{[citation needed]}Leigh, like many local villages, declined in the late 20th century; it lost its pub, its police station and its railway station (with the closure of the Bromyard branch line in the 1960s).

History

Leigh Castle Tump

Leigh's Norman church (St. Edburga's) was built in 1100 by Benedictine monks from Pershore Abbey.^{[citation needed]}

A mile to the south at Castle Green are the earthwork and buried remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle.

External links

• Leigh & Bransford parish web site
• Bransford web site
• St. Edburga's Church history
• Church porch sketch