Leigh

village and civil parish in Dorset, England
Place village Q2335685
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Leigh

Summary

Leigh is a village[1]. Leigh ranks in the top 0.46% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #234 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leigh is located in Dorset[3].
  • Leigh is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Leigh's image is recorded as Leigh, parish church of St. Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 473411.jpg[5].
  • Leigh's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Leigh's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Leigh's Commons category is recorded as Leigh, Dorset[8].
  • Leigh's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5703875[9].
  • Leigh's said to be the same as is recorded as Leigh[10].
  • Leigh's OS grid reference is recorded as ST619086[11].
  • Leigh's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.874516666667, 'lon': -2.5461}[12].
  • Leigh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/044vtg[13].
  • Leigh's GSS code is recorded as E04003552[14].
  • Leigh's official website is recorded as http://www.leighvillage.org.uk/[15].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+482'}[16].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+509'}[17].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+351'}[18].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+330'}[19].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+290'}[20].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+347'}[21].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+350'}[22].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+400'}[23].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+520'}[24].
  • Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+480'}[25].
  • Leigh's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2644666[26].
  • Leigh's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7298406[27].

Body

Geography

Leigh is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Leigh is located in Dorset[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+482'}[16], {'amount': '+509'}[17], {'amount': '+351'}[18], {'amount': '+330'}[19], {'amount': '+290'}[20], and {'amount': '+347'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Why It Matters

Leigh ranks in the top 0.46% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #234 of 50,837).[2] Leigh has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Dorset
    Country United Kingdom
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.874516666667, 'lon': -2.5461}
    Population {'amount': '+482'}, {'amount': '+509'}, {'amount': '+351'} +7
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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