Old Leake is a village and

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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,022. Old Leake is situated approximately north-east from

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, and on the

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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

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lies to the east of the village.

Geography

Old Leake is one of eighteen

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which, together with

, form the

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in the county of

, England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the

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. This parish forms part of the Old Leake and Wrangle electoral ward. Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the

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. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as ''parts'') of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

Community

The

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is a Grade I

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dedicated to

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, and dating from the 12th century, with the

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being restored in 1875 by Temple Moore. There is a 15th-century alms box The

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is Grade II listed and may have been built by Temple Moore. Water Tower at Old Leake - geograph

Howsams Mill, built in 1859, is a Grade II listed building at Leake Commonside. A water tower of Swedish design was erected in 1966. The village

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s are the White Hart on Church Road and the Bricklayer's Arms on Wainfleet Road (A52). There is a National Health Service doctors' surgery, Old Leake Medical Centre, which takes patients from Old Leake and the surrounding villages, including Eastville, Wrangle, Friskney, Leverton, Butterwick, Freiston, Sibsey and Fishtoft. Giles Academy, a secondary school with sixth form, is on Church End. Old Leake Primary School is on Old Main Road.

Lade Bank Pumping Station

Lade Bank lock was built on the Hobhole Drain in 1805 by John Rennie 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.

Population

References

External links

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Primary and Nursery school

Youth FC

Parish councilGiles Academy
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