Description
Leake, West, a parish, with a village, in Notts, on an affluent of the river Soar, 2 miles SE of Kegworth railway station, and 6 N by W of Loughborough. Post town, Lough-borough; money order and telegraph office, Kegworth. Acreage, 1608; population, 154. The property is all in one estate, and belongs to Lord Belper, who is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell. Patron, Lord Belper. The church is ancient, and contains several monuments; it was restored and reseated in 1878.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
