LEIGH, a parish in the southern division of the
hundred of TOTMONSLOW, county of STAFFORD, 5
miles (W. N. W.) from Uttoxeter, containing, with the
township of Field, 1019 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£ 14. 0. 5., and in the patronage of Lord Bagot. The
church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient cruciform
structure. Stephen Spencer, in 1620, gave land now
producing an annual income of £66, for the maintenance
of a schoolmaster, who instructs about fiftyfive
free children.