__NOTOC__ Leadenham is a village and civil parish in North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 410. It lies north from Grantham, 14 miles (22 km) south of Lincoln and 9 miles (14 km) north west of Sleaford on the

A607 The A607 is an A road in England that starts in Belgrave, Leicester and heads northeastwards through Leicestershire and the town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, terminating at Bracebridge Heath, a village on the outskirts of Lincoln. It is a primary ...

between Welbourn and Fulbeck, and at the southern edge of the Lincoln Cliff.

History

There is evidence of Bronze Age, Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation. The name of the village probably comes from the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

'Leodan' and 'ham' for "homestead or village of a man called Leoda." It appears in the '' Domesday Book'' as "Ledeneham". Much of the village belonged to the Reeve family whose family seat is still Leadenham House, a Georgian country house built from 1790 for William Reeve. The

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airfield to the east was built in 1916, and closed in 1919. The village boasted a railway station from 1876 to 1965 which was part of the Grantham and Lincoln Railway Line. In 1995 the village was bypassed to the south by the A17.

Community

Leadenham

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church is dedicated to

St Swithun Swithun (or Swithin; ang, Swīþhūn; la, Swithunus; died 863 AD) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for post ...

; it originated in the 13th century and is in Decorated style. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the

Loveden Loveden is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln, England, and a former Wapentake. Loveden is located broadly to the North of Grantham and includes the villages from Long Bennington in the west to Culverthorpe in the east, and from Welby in th ...

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of the

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. As of 2016, the incumbent is Rev Alison Healy. The Village Post Office is in the heart of Leadenham on Main Road. In 2015, Leadenham Teahouse opened within the Post Office. In March 2017, the Post Office and Leadenham Teahouse won a Rural Oscar with the Countryside Alliance awards for the ''Best Post Office and Village Shop in the East of England''. The village public house is the George Hotel on High Street (A607).

References

External links

* *Leadenham Teahouse
Primary school

Leadenham Players

Leadenham Polo Club

Leadenham House

"Leadenham"
Genuki {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District