East Leake
| East Leake | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK554264 |
| Location: | 52°49’55"N, 1°10’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 6,337 (2011) |
| Post town: | Loughborough |
| Postcode: | LE12 |
| Dialling code: | 01509 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rushcliffe |
East Leake is a large village in Nottinghamshire, in the very south of the county, less than two miles north of the border of Leicestershire, marked by the King's Brook. The closest town to East Leake is Loughborough in the latter county. It has a population of around 7,000, measured in the 2011 Census as 6,337
The original village was located on the Sheepwash Brook. The Kingston Brook also runs through the village.
Near the centre of the village is its parish church, St Mary's.[1] The church dates back to the 11th century. The church has six bells.[2]
The Sheepwash Brook flows past the church, and an old ford, which provided access to the pinfold.
Name
The origin of Leake appears to be from the Old Norse Læke, meaning a brook. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as Leche. Another suggestion for the origin of the name is that it comes from the Old English word cognate with leccan (to moisten), indicating wet land, which is a fair description of this village in the flat meadows of the Kingston Book and Sheepwash Brook.
History
The Treaty of Leake was signed in 1318 by King Edward II and his baronial opponents.
British Gypsum, a plasterboard manufacturer, has its headquarters in the village.[3] The manufacturing of plasterboard began in this area in about 1880.
Churches
There are five churches in the village:
- Church of England: St Mary's Church, within the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
- Baptist: East Leake Baptist Church[4]
- Independent / Evangelical: East Leake Evangelical Church (which meets in the Village Hall)[5]
- Methodist: East Leake Methodist Church
- Roman Catholic: Our Lady of the Angels
Pictures
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Bluebells in Colonel's Covert -
Kingston Brook at East Leake -
Pinfold -
School green
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Leake) |
References
- ↑ "Transactions of the Thoroton Society: East Leake". 11 November 2007. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1902/spring/spring1902p3.htm.
- ↑ "East Leake: St Mary". http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=east+leake&numPerPage=10&Submit=++Go++&searchAmount==&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=EAST+LEAKE.
- ↑ "About us". http://www.british-gypsum.com/about_british_gypsum.aspx.
- ↑ East Leake Baptist Church
- ↑ East Leake Evangelical Church
- Sidney Pell Potter: 'A History of East Leake' (1903; Potter was the rector at the time)