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Reeve Memorial Pump, Leadenham |
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Leadenham
Leadenham shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 385 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SK952524 |
| District | North Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LN5 0 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Leadenham is a village in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, bypassed to the south in 1995 by the A17.[1] It is on the A607 between Welbourn and Fulbeck, on the beginnings of the Lincoln Cliff.
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The church is St Swithun's.[2] The ecclesiastical parish is part of the Loveden Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is The Revd Dr Alan Megahey.[3]
The village pub is the Willoughby Arms, and there is the George Hotel on High Street (A607).[4] Prince Charles, as a RAF officer cadets, often called in at the pub when at nearby RAF Cranwell.
Traces of Bronze age, Roman and Romano-British, and Early medieval occupation denote long occupation.[5]
The name of the village probably comes from the Old English Leodan+ham for "homestead or village of a man called Leoda." It appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ledenham.[6]
St Swithun's church is of uncertain date, built in the Decorated style.[7]
The Royal Flying Corps built an airfield nearby on the top of the hill to the east in 1916, but it closed in 1919.[8][9]