Leavening is a village and

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, England. The village is situated approximately north-east from the centre of the city of

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. It was historically part of the

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until 1974. It was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

History

Leavening is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as in the Acklam

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of the

. At the time of the survey the settlement contained 10 households, 5 villagers, 5 smallholders, and 3 ploughlands. In 1823 Leavening was in the civil parish of Acklam, the Wapentake of Buckrose and the

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of St Peter's, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population was 294, with occupations including thirteen farmers, four nurserymen, two carpenters, two grocers, three shoemakers, a

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, a corn miller, a tailor, a butcher, a

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manufacturer, a schoolmaster, and the

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of The Hare & Hounds

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. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels were established in Leavening in the 1820s and an

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was established in 1850 which doubled as a school (the parish church being in nearby Acklam). In Kelly's Directory (1893) it is stated that the school had an average attendance of 55 (with provision for 80) and that the population of Leavening in 1891 was 339.

Amenities

Leavening has a public house: The Jolly Farmers Inn, a place of worship: The Venerable Bede - a shared Anglican /

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church, and a primary school: Leavening County Primary School., Department of Education / Edubase, Retrieved 1 December 2016 The Jolly Farmers Inn was the York

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'pub of the year' in 1997 and 'country pub of the season' for summer 2014. The pub was previously known as the Board Inn and before becoming a pub it was a blacksmith's workshop. It hosts the annual ‘World Championship Yorkshire Pudding Eating Competition’. The church was built in 1850 originally as a church school and was licensed for use as a chapel of ease to the church in Acklam. It became an Anglican

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in its own right in 1965 and was re-dedicated to the

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. It is now used jointly by the Anglican and Methodist congregations of the village. Parish records dating as far back as 1716 are held in the Borthwick Institute, York. Leavening County Primary School was established in 1906 with extensions added in 1963, 2003 and 2007. It caters for children aged 3–11, has a student capacity of 70 and a catchment area covering several local villages. In May 2015 the school was rated as 'Good' in an

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report.

Notable people

* William Jackson Bean, botanist and plantsman was born in Leavening on 26 May 1863.

References

External links

LeaveningOnline

Leavening Primary School
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