Nottinghamshire

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West Leake

"Leake (West) is a small village and parish, one mile west of East leake, and ten miles south south west of Nottingham. It has 190 inhabitants and 1,380 acres of land, all belonging to Lord Middleton, except the rectory house, with ten acres of glebe. The church is a low, ancient edifice, dedicated to St Helen, with chancel, side aisle, and ivy mantled belfry, in which are two bells. The rectory is a pleasant mansion, occupied by the Rev. John Bateman, and stands at the west end of the church. In 1850 a school was erected for the use of the parish. The feast is held on the Sunday after Martinmas."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire." 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen (Helena).
  
  
• The church was built in the 13th century.
  
  
• The church was reported to be in "bad repair" in 1866.
  
  
• The church was restored and reseated in 1878.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1580 but the entries are irregular until 1613.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of West Bingham.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was reassigned to the Basford sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

This parish and village are in southwest Nottinghamshire and lie about 120 miles north of London, 6 miles north of Loughborough (in Leicestershire) and 10 miles due south of Nottingham. The parish covers 2,540 acres and includes Leake Sich about 1 mile southeast.

The village sits along a small brook that flows into the Soar River at Kingston. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A60 arterial road north out of Loughborough toward Nottingham. At Costock, turn left (west) for East Leake and continue on to West Leake.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5226.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and it became a Civil Parish as well.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Loughborough Poor Law Union in Leicestershire.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	171
1851	190
1871	159
1881	162
1891	154
1901	112
1911	139
1921	119
1931	132
1951	116
1961	114

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Schools

• Lady Belper's School was built here in 1850.
  
  

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