Leasingham

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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| population = 1,584

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| shire_district = North Kesteven

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Sleaford and North Hykeham

| post_town = Sleaford

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Leasingham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} north from Sleaford, and just off the A15. The hamlet of Roxholm lies to the north. When combined with Rauceby figures, there are a total of 916 households as of 2011.{{Cite web|last=Services |first=Good Stuff IT |title=Population Density {{!}} Leasingham and Rauceby - UK Census Data 2011 |url=https://www.ukcensusdata.com/leasingham-and-rauceby-e05005628/population-density-qs102ew |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=UK Census Data}} The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,584.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125510&c=Leasingham&d=16&e=62&g=6446782&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463913738720&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=22 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The B1209 passes through the village to join the A153 further east, passing across Leasingham Moor. Close by to the west is RAF Cranwell. The A15 used to run through the village on Captain's Hill until the 1950s.

Captain's Hill takes its name from the local landowner, Captain Richard Wharton-Myddleton, who had been an ensign at the battle of Waterloo. He lived in Leasingham Hall (built about 1836) now a Grade II listed house.{{NHLE |desc=LEASINGHAM HALL, Leasingham |num=1254207 |accessdate=2022-12-10 }} On 4 January 2022, this hall had a renovation to transform it into 6 flats, however work could not begin initially due to safety concerns over tree preservation.{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Sebastian |date=2022-01-12 |title=Grade-II listed hall to be transformed into flats |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/grade-ii-listed-leasingham-hall-6478599 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=LincolnshireLive |language=en}}

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Other buildings in the village include the church of St Andrews, a Wesleyan chapel, manor house, village hall and a row of alms houses. The local school is St Andrew's C.E. Primary School, which partners with Carre's Grammar School using its Outreach programme.{{Cite web |title=St Andrews Primary School - PE Premium |url=https://www.st-andrews.lincs.sch.uk/pePremium.asp |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.st-andrews.lincs.sch.uk}} The playing fields include a bowls club and cricket pitch.

Amenities include the Duke of Wellington public house, Busy Bees Preschool, a post office shop, corner shop, farm shop, and two hairdressers.

A local bus service runs every hour to Sleaford, with links to Lincoln, Grantham, Nottingham and Skegness.{{Cite web |title=Leasingham – bustimes.org |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/leasingham |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=bustimes.org}}

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