Editing Leiston (section)

===Notable people===
In birth order:
*[[Ranulf de Glanvill]] (died 1190), [[Chief Justiciar]] of England, founded [[Leiston Abbey]] for [[Premonstratensians|White Canons]] in 1183.
*[[Richard Garrett (1755–1839)]] founded the engineering company Richard Garrett and Sons in Leiston.
*[[Edward Buckton Lamb]] (1806–1869), architect, designed St Margaret's Church in Leiston.
*[[Newson Garrett]] (1812–1893), born in Leiston, built up the malting business whose premises were converted into the [[Snape Maltings]] concert hall.
*[[A. S. Neill]] (1883–1973), Scottish educationalist, founded the progressive [[Summerhill School]] in 1924 and moved it to Leiston in 1927. 
*[[M. E. Aldrich Rope]] (1891–1988), born and died in Leiston, was a stained-glass artist in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] tradition.
*[[Paxton Chadwick]] (1903–1961), artist and illustrator, taught at Summerhill and was Communist chair of Leiston Town Council.
*[[Ryan Meikle]] (born 1996), darts player