Leasingham

Leasingham
Leasingham Leasingham shown within Lincolnshire
Population	1,584 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF059485
– London	110 mi (180 km) S
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sleaford
Postcode district	NG34
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°01′26″N 0°25′19″W / 53.023947°N 0.422025°W / 53.023947; -0.422025

Leasingham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 2 miles (3 km) north from Sleaford, and just off the A15. The hamlet of Roxholm lies to the north. The village has 713 households. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,584.^[1]

The B1209 passes through the village to join the A153 further east, passing across Leasingham Moor. Close by to the west is RAF Cranwell. The A15 used to run through the village on Captain's Hill until the 1950s.

Captain's Hill takes its name from the local landowner, Captain Richard Wharton-Myddleton, who had been an ensign at the battle of Waterloo. He lived in Leasingham Hall (built about 1836) now a Grade II listed house.

Captain's Hill, Leasingham, with St Andrew's church

Other buildings in the village include the church of St Andrews, a Wesleyan chapel, manor house, village hall and a row of alms houses. The local school is St Andrew's primary school. The playing fields include a bowls club and cricket pitch and pre-school.

Amenities include the Duke of Wellington public house, Busy Bees Pre-school, a post office-cum-shop, corner shop, farm shop, and two hairdressers.

A local bus service runs every hour to Sleaford, with links to Lincoln, Grantham, Nottingham and Skegness.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

External links

Media related to Leasingham at Wikimedia Commons
St Andrews School
Leasingham War Memorial

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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