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{{Short description|Suburb of Plymouth, Devon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
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|static_image_caption= Bampton Road
|official_name= Leigham
|map_type= Devon
|shire_district= [[Plymouth]]
|region=                  South West England
|shire_county= [[Devon]]
|constituency_westminster= [[Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Moor View]]
|post_town= [[Plymouth]]
|postcode_district =       PL6
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'''Leigham''' is the name of an area of the [[city]] of [[Plymouth]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Devon]].

Originally a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and [[Manorialism|manor]] separate from the city, [[urban area|urban]] expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.  The area is located to the north east of Plymouth itself.

The place name is [[Old English language|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means 'an open space in a wood'.  In the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' of 1086 it was referred to as ''Leaham'' and was recorded as consisting of the manor and two farms.

Unfortunately the ancient [[manor house]] is no longer there: it fell into disrepair following the [[Second World War]].<ref>[http://www.leigham-manor.co.uk/history.htm The History of Leigham Manor, Devonshire]</ref> In the late Summer of 1946 Plymouth City Council bought the Leigham Manor Estate as part of its redevelopment plan for the City.   

Leigham was in the [[parish]] of [[Plympton St Mary]] but is now in the parish of [[Estover]], which itself was carved out of the manorial estate in the 1970s.

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[[Category:Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon]]
[[Category:Villages in Devon]]
[[Category:Former manors in Devon]]


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