Leverton, Lincolnshire

Description
Leverton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 2 1/2 miles from the coast, 3 1/2 SE of Sibsey station on the G.N.E., and 5 1/2 NE of Boston. It has a post office under Boston; money order and telegraph office, Old Leake. The parish contains also the hamlet of Outgate, and extends to the Wash. Acreage, 2972; population, 5 83. The New Hall is the seat of the Dawsons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £400 with residence. Patron, alternately the Lord Chancellor and the Booth family. The church, a building of stone of great beauty, is partly Late Decorated English, partly Perpendicular; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with S chapel and tower; and contains three canopied sedilia, a double row of chancel stalls, and an octagonal font-a crucifix remains at the E end and another on each gable of the chapel. There are Wesleyan chapels at Leverton and Outgate.