When Maurice, 4th and last Lord Egerton of Tatton, sold off the remaining farms and land in High Legh in the 1930s, so ended a connection dating back to the 13th century.

High Legh was recorded in the Domesday Survey as having two Saxons theins (Ulviet or Wulfgeat, and Dob).

In the early 19th century, Robert Moffat, a young Scottish man, came to work on the West Hall estate as a gardener, but in 1814 he joined the London Missionary Society and moved to Plantation Farm in Dukinfield.

In 1816 he left with his wife for southern Africa where he became a missionary; his daughter met and fell in love with their student preacher, David Livingstone.

The extension was opened by Harold Brooks (in the guise of Father Christmas) and Frank Sidebottom from the 71⁄4 Inch Gauge Society; High Legh Railway is operated by Vee Limited.

[4] The latest school (with new extensions 1993–94) was built on Wrenshot Lane in 1976; this land was donated by Charles Cornwall-Legh (later Lord Grey of Codnor) to Cheshire County Council.

The race is jointly organised by High Legh Community Association[9] and Lymm Runners Running Club[10]