Leece
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SD242693] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ULVERSTON |
| Postcode district | LA12 |
| Dialling code | 01229 |
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Leece is a village on the Furness peninsula in Cumbria, England, between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness.[1]
Amenities
The village[1][2] is built around a tarn and a village green,[2] and Henry Armer & Son, a smithy established in 1914 that has since become an agricultural engineering business.[3]
For parish council purposes, Leece belongs to Aldingham Parish Council.[4]
History
Historically part of Lancashire, the name Leece is probably from the Old English leah, which means 'woodland clearing', and the plural of which is Leas. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Lies, in the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig.[5] It appears later in 1269 as Lees.[6]
Leece used to contain the United Methodist Free Church. It was founded in 1881, but closed in 1912. The building, which was taken down in the late 1920s, can still be seen on some photographs from the period. The church did not have a cemetery.[7] St. Matthew's Church, in the village of Dendron, built in 1642, also served the village, as both a church and a school. It was funded by Robert Dickinson, a citizen of London, who had formerly lived in Leece.[8]
In the 1990s and 2000s, Leece played a part in the Lady in the Lake murder trial. Gordon Park, a resident of Leece, bludgeoned his 30-year-old wife Carol to death with an ice axe, then dumped her body in Coniston Water, telling police investigating her disappearance that she had left their home for another man.[9]
Gallery
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A postcard showing Leece, dated 1904. The tarn can be seen in the foreground, and the old Methodist church on the far right.
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The Leece tarn in 2008.
See also
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Sources
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bolt, Alison (25 April 2006). "The End". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2007.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Swain, Robert. Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories. The Francis Frith Collection. ISBN 1-85937-816-1. Retrieved 19 March 2007..
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Henry Armer and Son". Henry Armer & Son. Retrieved 3 March 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aldingham Parish Council".
- ^ Explore Low Furness
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mills, David (1976). The Place Names of Lancashire. B. T Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-3248-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stringer, Phil (14 February 2007). "United Methodist Free Church, Leece". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St. Matthews Church, Dendron". Explore Low Furness. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jackson, Russell (29 January 2005). "Justice for the Lady in the Lake as husband gets life for murder". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
External links
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- Cumbria County History Trust: Aldingham (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Leece in the Domesday Book
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