When Henry Leigh was born in October 1867, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Leigh, was 45 and his mother, Eliza Akeroyd, was 38. He married Mary Ann McNeil on 8 September 1891, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (in at least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire) named either with the nominative case of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ (see Lee ) or with lēage, a late dative form of this word (see Lye ).
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 李, based on its Cantonese pronunciation. See Li 1.
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