Patterns in the mud at Leigh on Sea in Essex. Leigh-on-Sea is a civil parish administered as part of Southend-on-Sea in Essex. Leigh-on-Sea was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Legra, where it is described as a "one horse town". Leigh is primarily a fishing village and its sheltered position at the mouth of the Thames gave it some success as a port, with international trade and a shipbuilding business.
