New Leake

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= New Leake

|static_image_name= St Jude's Mission Church, New Leake - geograph.org.uk - 445451.jpg

|static_image_alt=

|static_image_caption= St Jude's Mission Church, New Leake

|map_alt=

|coordinates = {{coord|53.091512|0.078396|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish= New Leake

|population = 323

|population_ref = (2011 Census)

|shire_district= East Lindsey

|shire_county= Lincolnshire

|region= East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Boston and Skegness

|post_town= Boston

|postcode_district = PE22

|postcode_area= PE

|dial_code= 01205

|os_grid_reference= TF392569

|website=

|london_distance_mi= 110

|london_direction= S

}}

New Leake is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 323.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126872&c=New+Leake&d=16&e=62&g=6446239&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464183346509&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=25 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It is situated {{Convert|9|mi|km|0}} north from Boston, and {{Convert|10|mi|km|0}} east from Coningsby.

St Judes Mission church lies within the village of New Leake. It appears to have been built and opened around 1896.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Copy-conveyance-of-site-at-Eastville-for-a-Mission-Church/571464.record?pt=T|work=Eastville Par/8/1|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=18 May 2011}}{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Licence-to-hold-Divine-Service-in-St-Jude-s-Mission-Room-at-Eastville/571605.record?pt=T|work=Eastville Par/23/1|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=18 May 2011}} It is part of the Stickney Group of churches{{cite web|title=Stickney Group of Churches|url=http://www.em-nl.homecall.co.uk/Church/welcome_to_your_church.htm|publisher=Welcome to your churches|access-date=18 May 2011}}

East Fen Chapel was a Primitive Methodist chapel originally built in 1831, but was replaced by a new building in 1855. It closed in 1969.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/East-Fen-Chapel--Primitive-Methodist-/744536.record?pt=S|work=East Fen Chapel Meth/C/East Fen|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=18 May 2011}}

New Leake primary school was built in 1890, originally as the New Leake Board School, by the United School Board of the parishes of Old and New Leake (1881–1903).{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/LEAKE-SCHOOL-BOARD/886755.record?pt=S|work=Leake School Board|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=18 May 2011}}

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