Old Leake
| Old Leake | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Old Leake | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF407503 |
| Location: | 53°1’55"N, 0°5’50"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,022 (2011) |
| Post town: | Boston |
| Postcode: | PE22 |
| Dialling code: | 01205 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Boston |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Boston and Skegness |
Old Leake is a village in [[Holland], the south-eastern part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,022.
Old Leake is situated approximately eight miles north-east of Boston, and on the A52 road between Leverton and Wrangle at the junction of the B1184 (from Sibsey). Areas included in the parish are The Gride to the north-west, Leake Commonside and Lade Bank to the north, and Leake Hurns End to the south-east. The coast of The Wash lies three miles to the east of the village.
Church
The parish church, St Mary, dates from the 12th century, with the chancel being restored in 1875 by Temple Moore. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
There is a 15th-century alms box. The lychgate is Grade II listed and may have been built by Temple Moore.[2]
About the village
The village public houses are the White Hart on Church Road and the Bricklayer's Arms on Wainfleet Road.
Howsams Mill, built in 1859, is a Grade II listed building at Leake Commonside.[3]
A water tower of Swedish design was erected in 1966.
Giles Academy, a secondary school with sixth form, is on Church End. Old Leake Primary School is on Old Main Road.
Lade Bank lock was built on the Hobhole Drain in 1805 by John Rennie the Elder and 1867 the Lade Bank pumping station was built of red and yellow brick. Originally a lock of four cutwaters and two abutments with grooves and fixings for lock gates. In 1867 an engine house and pumping station with tall chimney were built above. The engine house contained six boilers to raise the steam to operate the two pumps. It was replaced by a modern station of 1936 also partly built on the original lock bases.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Old Leake) |
- Primary and Nursery school
- Giles Academy. Retrieved 22 April 2012
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147754: Church of St Mary, Old Leake (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1062034: Lychgate (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360499: Howsams Mill (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1360501: Lade Bank Pumping Station (Grade II listing)
