Manuscript deeds and estate papers of the Leigh family of West Hall

Item date: 12th - 19th centuries
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 15,000
Item date acquired: 1988
Item institution: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Town/City: Chester
County: Cheshire

460 medieval deeds and documents, seven albums of copy deeds, legal papers accounts and vouchers ranging from the 14th to the 19th centuries; eight pedigree rolls of the Leigh and related families c.1580 to 1816, and various other papers including correspondence between the Reverend Peter Leigh and George Ormerod, newspaper cuttings, transcripts and notes