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| Welcome to the Leigh Society
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The Leigh Society was founded in the late 1970s
as a result of several likeminded people getting together to
campaign about proposals for a ‘Road to the West’
which would have decimated Leigh Old Town.
Flowing from that the group formed themselves into a society
and focussed on restoring the Old Smithy in the Old
Town to form the Heritage Centre which has been open
ever since as a museum of Leigh.
The Society has grown from strength to strength and now has
three arms.
The 2 limited companies are also charities
The aims of the three are –
The Leigh Society – to promote high standards of planning
and architecture in the Leigh Conservation Areas and to secure
the preservation of feature of historic and public interest.
The Leigh Heritage Centre Limited – to
provide and maintain a museum in the Old Leigh Conservation
Area for the advancement of the education of the public and
for the exhibition to the public of objects, documents, photographs
and any other item whatsoever connected with the history of
the town of Leigh-on-Sea. Also to secure the
preservation, protection, development and improvement of features
of public architectural and historical interest in the Conservation
Areas of Leigh and to promote high standards of planning and
architecture in or affecting those areas.
The 2 Plumbs Yard Project Limited – to refurbish, protect
and maintain a 19th century fisherman’s cottage, furnished
with artefacts appropriate to the period, for the advancement
of the education of the public and for the exhibition to the
public of objects, documents, photographs and any other items
whatsoever directly associated with the building. |
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