Leake

Other current and historical names

Leche
Lecche

Parish/Community: Leake
District/Borough: Hambleton
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 54°18'29"N 1°19'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 443500, 490500
OS Grid: SE435905
Mapcode Local: GBR ML4M.6C
Mapcode Global: WHD83.HZH3

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Leake within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Leake in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Leake, par. and township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Northallerton - par., 6789 ac., pop. 1026; township, 309 ac., pop. 11.

Leake in the Domesday Book

A village in Allerton hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Karli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 3 geld

British Place Names

Leake, North Yorkshire

Leake is a settlement in North Yorkshire

Leake in historic gazetteers

Leake in the Domesday Book