GENUKI: Leake

The Ancient Parish of LEAKE

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"LEAKE, a parish in the wapentake & liberty of Allertonshire; 6 miles ESE. of Northallerton. The church (see Churches for photograph) and farm house are all the remains of Leake, once a large town, but which was destroyed about the time of the Norman Conquest. The living is a vicarage, dedicated to St Mary, in the deanry of Cleveland, in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and the Rev. W. Warrington is the incumbent. Mr. William Morton, yeoman, resides at the hall. Population 11."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Borrowby
Catto
Crosby
Gueldable

Kepwick
Knayton
Landmoth
Nether Silton

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Leake. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The clock inside the church
- All Saints' Church, Nether Silton (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- All Saints' Church, Nether Silton (view 2).
- Borrowby Methodist Church, Borrowby.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Leake in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Nether Silton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Leake.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The War Memorial in the Churchyard at Leake.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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