LEIGH (LITTLE), a chapelry in that part of the
parish of GREAT-BUDWORTH which is in the hundred of
BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 3 miles (N. W.
by W.) from Northwich, containing 359 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £800 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Vicar of Great Budworth. The chapel is an ancient
building, repaired in 1664 by the inhabitants, with
the assistance of a small sum from the parishioners at
large. Here is a place of worship for Baptists. There
are some trifling donations for the education of children.
The Grand Trunk canal passes in the vicinity.