Leighton

settlement and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK
Place village Q8652407
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Leighton

Summary

Leighton is a village[1]. Leighton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #228 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leighton is located in Cheshire East[3].
  • Leighton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Leighton's image is recorded as Leighton - Leighton Hospital Reception.jpg[5].
  • Leighton's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Leighton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Crewe[8].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Minshull Vernon[9].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Warmingham[10].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Woolstanwood[11].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Worleston[12].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Aston juxta Mondrum[13].
  • Leighton's shares border with is recorded as Church Minshull[14].
  • Leighton's postal code is recorded as CW1[15].
  • Leighton's Commons category is recorded as Leighton, Cheshire[16].
  • Leighton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 356811[17].
  • Leighton's local dialing code is recorded as 01270[18].
  • Leighton's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ694577[19].
  • Leighton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.116, 'lon': -2.457}[20].
  • Leighton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x40kv[21].
  • Leighton's GSS code is recorded as E04012282[22].
  • Leighton's GSS code is recorded as E04010962[23].
  • Leighton's GSS code is recorded as E04002040[24].
  • Leighton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6027'}[25].
  • Leighton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4618'}[26].
  • Leighton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4883'}[27].

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Geography

Leighton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Leighton is located in Cheshire East[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6027'}[25], {'amount': '+4618'}[26], and {'amount': '+4883'}[27].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Leighton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #228 of 50,837).[2] Leighton has Wikipedia articles in 6 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. [8] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: 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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