Leasingham

Leasingham is a village in Lincolnshire of 713 households situated less than 2 miles north of Sleaford, just off the A15.

The village has many fine old buildings - notably the large church of St Andrews, the manor house and a row of alms houses - as well as a good stock of modern housing. A recent development was Highwayman's Haunt which was built in the 1990s on the east side of the village.

Leasingham has many facilities making it an attractive place to live. These include:

*St Andrews primary school
*Duke of Wellington pub
*Village hall
*Post office/shop
*Corner shop (Crescent Stores)
*Farm shop (selling plants and vegetables)
*Playing fields including a bowls club and Cricket Oval
*Wesleyan chapel
*Two hairdressers
*Indian Restaurant

There is a local bus service that runs every hour to Sleaford, where regular buses and trains can be found to Lincoln, Grantham, Nottingham and Skegness.

The Village hall was opened in 1999, by Chloë Alice Banks. The hall was built on John Banks' land, he gave them the permission for the new Village hall to be built, and was then opened by his Great-Great-Grand Daughter, Chloë. The local Cricket Oval's stand; The Tim "Slipsy" Pelquest-Hunt Memorial Stand, was also opened by Chloe in 2002. The stand was named after a recently deceased and admired local cricketer, who was well known for playing in the slip's position.

Famous people to have lived in Leasingham include:
*Gladys Jones
*Jermery Clarkson
*Rick Allen
*Artur Dlugi
*Maciej Jowziak
*Torsten Hagelberg
*Bengt-Goran Gershagen
*Barry Niedermyer
*Kees van Gils

External links

* [http://www.st-andrews-leasingham.co.uk/us.shtml St Andrew's Church Parish Website]
* [http://leasingham.topcities.com/ local information pages]
* [http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Lincolnshire/Leasingham%20War%20Memorial.shtml Leasingham War Memorial]