West Leake
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West Leake | |
West Leake shown within Nottinghamshire |
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Population | 110 |
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Parish | West Leake |
District | Rushcliffe |
Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LOUGHBOROUGH |
Postcode district | LE12 |
Dialling code | 01509 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
European Parliament | East Midlands |
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire |
West Leake (pronounced /wɛst liːk/) is a small village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It is on the Kingston Brook, between East Leake (to the east) and Kingston to the west. The parish church is dedicated to St Helena[1].
It is sufficiently small that it has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. Its population has declined from an 1853 estimate of 190 [2] when the village was owned by Lord Middleton to around 110[3] in 2007. One of the earliest mentions of East and West Leake is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Henry de Ferrers [4] by the King. The land required 21 ploughs in total, there was a mill and a church and it was valued at seven pounds.
A Dew pond is situated on the hill above the village towards West Leake hills.
[edit] References
- ^ West Leake - History
- ^ GENUKI: West Leake
- ^ West Leake Conservation Area - Rushcliffe Borough Council
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. p.779 ISBN 0-14-143994-7