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    Leigh-on-Sea ( /ˌliː-/), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex...
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    other areas. The Broadway in Leigh-on-Sea is known for its independent boutiques and coffee shops. Leigh Road in Leigh-on-Sea, Southchurch Road and London...
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    Clement's Church is a parish church affiliated with the Church of England in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. It is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to Saint Clement...
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  • "Leigh-On-Sea" is the second single by British rock band Assembly Now. It was released on 29 January 2007 on independent label Label Fandango, run by...
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  • constituency) Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced /ˈlaɪ/: Leigh, Dorset Leigh, Gloucestershire Leigh, Kent Leigh, Staffordshire Leigh, Surrey Leigh, Wiltshire Leigh, Worcestershire...
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    Leigh-on-Sea railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. It is 32 miles 43 chains (52.4 km) down...
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  • venues in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. The festival is known for being the largest free folk festival in the United Kingdom and it takes place on the last weekend...
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  • Darren Kent (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    was born in Essex and lived in both Westbourne Grove, Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea Kent studied at Bromfords School, the South East Essex College...
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    George Sear (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    series Love, Victor (2020–2022). From Leigh-on-Sea, Sear is the son of celebrity baker Juliet Sear. He attended Leigh North Street Primary School and Belfairs...
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    level of the flood water was installed by the Leigh Society on the wall of the Heritage Centre in Leigh-on-Sea to commemorate the flooding there. There is...
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    comprises a small part of the west of Southend-on-Sea, and includes Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea. It is bounded to the north and east by Rochford...
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    Maisie Smith (category People from Westcliff-on-Sea)
    losing out to Bill Bailey. Smith attended the Singer Stage School in Leigh-on-Sea for 18 months, and in 2006, she was cast in the film The Other Boleyn...
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  • Juliet Sear (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    baking books. Sear was born in Rochford near Southend and grew up in Leigh-on-Sea. She went to university in London. She taught herself to bake and practiced...
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    Kara Tointon (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    Tointon was brought up in Leigh-on-Sea. Both sisters attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Tointon was diagnosed...
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  • Regent", although he lived on the British mainland. On 9 October 2012, Paddy Bates died quietly at a care home in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex after having had Alzheimer's...
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  • Freddy (17 May 2012 – 27 January 2021) was a Great Dane from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, known for being crowned as the world's tallest living dog by...
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  • Dominic Littlewood (category People from Southend-on-Sea)
    seen on TV as a contestant on the BBC game show The Other Half. In 2001, Littlewood, at the time in charge of Network Cars in Leigh-on-Sea, appeared on Faking...
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    David Amess (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    for political and public service. On 15 October 2021, Amess was murdered at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea by Ali Harbi Ali. Southend was granted...
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    stabbed at a constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church Hall in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. His killer was Ali Harbi Ali, a British Islamic State sympathiser...
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    Michael Wilding (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    starred on Hitchcock's TV show in 1963. He was married four times, including to Elizabeth Taylor, with whom he had two sons. Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex...
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  • Leigh railway station is a station in Kent, England Leigh railway station may refer to: Leigh-on-Sea railway station in Essex, England Leigh railway station...
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  • Lee Stafford (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and is of Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. He opened his hair salon, The House That Hair Built, in 1984, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex...
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  • Phil Cornwell (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Cornwell was born in Leigh-on-Sea, in the County of Essex. He first appeared on TV in 1980 in the BBC youth programme Something...
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    Anna Firth (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    also a councillor on Sevenoaks District Council between 2011 and 2022. Annalissa Garrett was born in 1966 and grew up in Leigh-on-Sea. Her education was...
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  • and search in Leigh targeting suspect youths". Echo News. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024. "UKIP Leadership Candidate". Leigh News. 14 February...
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  • kingdom". Bates died on 10 March 2016 at a Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, nursing home, following a long illness. Her funeral was held on 17 March, with her coffin...
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  • John Fowles (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    languages, and several have been adapted as films. Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the only son and elder child (a sister, Hazel, was...
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    Richard Haddock (category People from Leigh-on-Sea)
    service, dying in London on 26 January 1715. He was buried on 6 February in the churchyard of St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea. Sir Richard married, firstly...
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  • Hannah Tointon (category Actresses from Southend-on-Sea)
    brought up in Leigh-on-Sea and attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School in Westcliff-on-Sea. Tointon's first appearance on television was...
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  • SS postcode area (category Southend-on-Sea (district))
    including Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Rochford, Stanford-le-Hope, Westcliff-on-Sea and Wickford. The...
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