Leighton
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Businesses
- Leighton HoldingsLeighton HoldingsLeighton Holdings is Australia's largest project development and contracting group. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries...
, the largest project development and contracting company in Australia
Places
In Australia:- Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality in Western Australia
In the United Kingdom:
- Leighton, Cambridgeshire
- Leighton, CheshireLeighton, CheshireLeighton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green , which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles...
- Leighton, North YorkshireLeighton, North YorkshireLeighton is a hamlet in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the similar named Leighton Reservoir that provides for Yorkshire Water....
- Leighton, Shropshire
- Leighton ReservoirLeighton ReservoirLeighton Reservoir is a reservoir which drains via the River Burn to the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It neighbours Roundhill Reservoir and is about west of Masham...
, a small reservoir near Leighton North Yorkshire - Leighton BuzzardLeighton Buzzard-Lower schools:*Beaudesert Lower School - Apennine Way*Clipstone Brook Lower School - Brooklands Drive*Greenleas Lower School - Derwent Road*Dovery Down Lower School - Heath Road*Heathwood Lower School - Heath Road*Leedon Lower School - Highfield Road...
, a town in Bedfordshire, England - Leighton House MuseumLeighton House MuseumLeighton House Museum is a museum in Holland Park, London, England. It is housed in the former home of the painter Frederic, Lord Leighton. The first part of the house was designed in 1864 by the architect George Aitchison, although Leighton was not granted a lease on the land until April 1866...
, a museum in London - Leighton LibraryLeighton LibraryThe Leighton Library, or Bibliotheca Leightoniana, in The Cross, Dunblane, is the oldest purpose built library in Scotland. Its collection of around 4000 volumes and 78 manuscripts from the 16th to 19th century is founded on the personal collection of Robert Leighton , Bishop of Dunblane and...
, an historic library in Dunblane, Scotland - RSPB Leighton MossRSPB Leighton MossLeighton Moss RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay and in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
, English nature reserve
In the United States:
- Leighton, AlabamaLeighton, AlabamaLeighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". At the 2000 census the population was 849...
- Leighton, IowaLeighton, IowaLeighton is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 162 in the 2010 census, an increase from 153 in the 2000 census. -Geography:Leighton's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 41.338530, -92.786800...
- Leighton Township, MichiganLeighton Township, MichiganLeighton Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,652 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
In Asia:
- Leighton HillLeighton HillLeighton Hill is a hill between Causeway Bay and Happy Valley, and the south of Leighton Road, Hong Kong. There were several air-raid shelters at the downhill of Leighton Hill to protect Victoria City from Japanese occupation during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Now, a private housing...
People
With the surname "Leighton":- Alexander LeightonAlexander LeightonAlexander Leighton was a Scottish medical doctor and puritan preacher and pamphleteer best known for his 1630 pamphlet that attacked the Anglican church and which led to his torture by King Charles I.-Early life:...
(1587-1644), Scottish physician and infamous puritan pamphleteer - Alexander H. Leighton (b. 1908)
- Edmund Blair LeightonEdmund LeightonEdmund Blair Leighton was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specializing in Regency and medieval subjects.-Biography:...
(1853-1922), English painter - Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA , known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 1886 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter...
(1830-1896), English painter and sculptor - F. Thomson LeightonF. Thomson LeightonFrank Thomson "Tom" Leighton is a professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as the head of the Algorithms group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory since 1996, and co-founded Akamai Technologies with student Daniel...
, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies - Baron Leighton of St MellonsBaron Leighton of St MellonsBaron Leighton of St Mellons, of St Mellons in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1962 for the Welsh shipping magnate Sir Leighton Seager, 1st Baronet. He was the son of Sir William Henry Seager. Seager had already been created a Baronet, of...
, UK peerage title - Jim LeightonJim LeightonJames "Jim" Leighton MBE is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen , Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.-Club:...
, Scottish footballer - Kenneth LeightonKenneth LeightonKenneth Leighton was a British composer and pianist. His compositions include much Anglican church music, and many pieces for choir and for piano as well as concertos, symphonies, much chamber music and an opera. He wrote a well-known setting of the Coventry Carol...
, English composer - Laura LeightonLaura LeightonLaura Leighton is an American actress. She is best-known for the role of Sydney Andrews, introduced in the 1990s television series Melrose Place. She reprised the role in the 2009 series of the same name...
(b. 1968), US actor - Robert LeightonRobert Leighton (prelate)Robert Leighton was a Scottish prelate and scholar, best known as a church minister, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1653 to 1662. He was "noted for his Christian piety, his humility and gentleness, and his devotion to his...
(1611-1684), Scottish prelate - Warner E. LeightonWarner E. LeightonWarner Elvon Leighton was an American film, sound, music, effects and supervising editor. An only child, he married Patricia Relyea in the early 1950s. He had two daughters with Patricia; Denise was born in 1955 and Cynthia was born in 1958. He also had one Grandson, Kyler, born in 1993. Later,...
, film editor, mainly for Hanna-Barbera - Michael LeightonMichael LeightonMichael "Mike" Leighton is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
With the given name "Leighton":
- Leighton ReesLeighton ReesLeighton Thomas Rees was the first ever World Professional Darts Champion.-Early life:Rees was born in the village of Ynysybwl, where he was to spend most of his life...
(1940-2003), Welsh dart player - Leighton James (b. 1953), Welsh footballer
- Leighton BainesLeighton BainesLeighton John Baines is an English footballer who plays for Everton and the England national football team.He started his career with Wigan Athletic, with whom he won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 Football League Cup Final....
(b. 1984), English footballer - Leighton MeesterLeighton MeesterLeighton Marissa Meester is an American actress and singer. Meester first garnered attention for playing Blair Waldorf in the CW television series Gossip Girl...
(b. 1986), American actress and singer-songwriter - Leighton PhillipsLeighton PhillipsLeighton Phillips is a Welsh former professional football player. During his career, he made over 450 appearances in The Football League during spells with Cardiff City, Aston Villa, Swansea City, Charlton Athletic and Exeter City and won 58 caps for Wales.-Club career:A Welsh schoolboy...
(b. 1949), Welsh footballer