New Leake Explained

Country:England
Official Name:New Leake
Static Image Name:St Jude's Mission Church, New Leake - geograph.org.uk - 445451.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Jude's Mission Church, New Leake
Coordinates:53.0915°N 0.0784°W
Civil Parish:New Leake
Population:323
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Region:East Midlands
Postcode District:PE22
Postcode Area:PE
Dial Code:01205
Os Grid Reference:TF392569
London Distance Mi:110
London Direction:S

New Leake is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 323.[1] It is situated 9miles north from Boston, and 10miles east from Coningsby.

St Judes Mission church lies within the village of New Leake. It appears to have been built and opened around 1896.[2] [3] It is part of the Stickney Group of churches[4]

East Fen Chapel was a Primitive Methodist chapel originally built in 1831, but was replaced by a new building in 1855. It closed in 1969.[5]

New Leake primary school was built in 1890, originally as the New Leake Board School, by the United School Board of the parishes of Old and New Leake (1881–1903).[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 25 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Lincs to the Past. Eastville Par/8/1. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Lincs to the Past. Eastville Par/23/1. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.
  4. Web site: Stickney Group of Churches. Welcome to your churches. 18 May 2011.
  5. Web site: Lincs to the Past. East Fen Chapel Meth/C/East Fen. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Lincs to the Past. Leake School Board. Lincolnshire Archives. 18 May 2011.