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2 unusual facts about Legh


Legh

Leghs of Lyme, family who owned Lyme Park in Cheshire, England, from 1398 to 1946, when the house and estate were given to the National Trust

Leghs of Adlington, Cheshire family dating back to 1315 who lived in Adlington Hall, a manor house in the Borough of Cheshire East


Anthony James Keck

Elizabeth Legh re-married after the death of Anthony James Keck to William Bathurst Pye-Bennet and inherited the Broad Hinton estate (from the new marriage) and Salthrop estate (from her mother Martha Legh (née Bennet)) as well as the estates belonging to Norborne Family of Bremhill, Wiltshire.

Baron Newton

The seat of the Legh (pronounced "Lee") family was Lyme Park near Disley in Cheshire.

Bonis Hall

It was the seat of the Pigot family until 1746, when it was bought by Charles Legh of Adlington.

Broad Hinton

In 1709 a later John Glanville sold the manor to Thomas Bennet, from whom it descended via the female line through the Legh, Keck and Calley families.

George Legh

The member of an old Cheshire family, Legh was the eldest son of George John Legh, of High Legh, and Mary, daughter of John Blackburne.

Leghs of Adlington

Robert de Legh, the second in succession, was one of the Black Prince's Esquires.

Piers Legh II

Sir Piers Legh II (died 16 June 1422), also known as Sir Piers de Legh and Peers Legh, was the second generation of the Leghs of Lyme.

Richard Harding Watt

the King's Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower, is located in the centre of the town, and his series of more eccentric houses stretch along Legh Road, to the southeast of the town.

Salthrop House

Their daughter Elizabeth Legh married Anthony James Keck, and secondly William Bathhurst Pye who later adopted the name Bennet.

Stoughton Grange

They had a son Anthony James Keck who became a politician and married Elizabeth Legh (daughter of Peter Legh of Lyme).


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