The Lords Leigh were the owners of Stoneleigh Abbey. In March 1869 the Right Hon, Lord Leigh gave the largest donation of £5. 5s towards the sufferers of a fire in Lower Ford Street - could this be the reason the pub was named after him?
The address for this pub changed in the late 1890s when the street was re-numbered. For many years it had been at number 65, but when the numbering was altered from sequential to odds & evens it became number 29.
The Lord Leigh closed on 26th November 1922.
LICENSEES:
1871 George Hill
1872 John Jee
1872 Richard Tyler
1874 C. Longshaw
1879 - 1881 George Wright
1886 - 1891 James Kirk
1893 - 1894 H. Watson
1896 - 1903 Mrs. Mary A. Watson
1905 - 1909 D. Killpack
1911 - 1912 F. C. White
1912 - 1913 J. Bayliss