F T Y K E C H U R C H O S . M A R , EA ST LBA . A 1histor y, OF Ea l k st ea e. ' Sidne PelI l otigr M .A. y f , , R EC TO R . n otti ng ham P R I NT D B W Y . B . C O K T HE T H E O E . O ROTO N P R E SS . XC HAN W ALK E G E . 1 903 . p ref ace. Three years ago the writer of t hi s volume be gan to gather together facts and t raditions concerning the parish a t o committed to hi s charge . The immedi t e purpose was give one or two lectures t o such of his parishioners as cared to know more of the history and antiquities of the parish . at a a and at Two lectures were given E st Le ke , one and a n t was West Leake , a gr tifyi g in erest shewn in the a . vill ge story Some , who were present , expressed the hope a th t the lectures might appear in a permanent form . I t soon became manifest that the publication of t he lectures in the form given would involve the omission of many historical facts which seemed worthy of publication was a and so it fin lly decided to rewrite the matter, illustrate a it in the way in which it ppears . I n preparing the work , the writer has endeavoured to follow the lines suggested in the excellent handbook of the ” . Cox t wr a r Rev Dr How o ite a P rish H isto y . Among the sources of information which h ave been a os are a se rched for the present purp e , the v rious records Ofii ce and a o f a i n in the Record , the tre sures inform tion ’ ’ 9 ’ . a an a D u dale s the British M useum C mden s Brit ni , g “ ” ’ ” ’ Mo nast icon Tho roto n s N ot t i n hamshi re n , g , Cox s M ag a PR EFAC E . ’ i a a Britann , Curtis Topogr phy of Nottinghamshire , ’ “ ” Ru sh cliffe and a Godfrey s Churches of , m ny minor works and n o s n . have been freely used , umerous ther book co sulted “ a e has xo ni e nsi s Very gre t servic been rendered by O , in making search i n the Record Office and elsewhere ; by the . who has n a Rev F W Ragg , co tributed the extr cts from the Duchy o f Lancaster Court Rolls ; and by m any parishioners . I n a n a n and g theri g together tr ditio s field names , the help . a a a n n . of Mr John Oldersh w , of E st Le ke , has bee i valuable The illustrations are chiefly from the camera of Mr . t o a acknowle d Arthur T Creswell , whom more th n ordinary g are n an a ments due for his ge erous assistance . Th ks are lso due to Mr . H arry Gill for the loan of the illustration of the . C o . trumpet ; to Messrs Methuen , for the use of Bishop ’ W . Daven ant s portrait ; to Mr . S Weatherley for his etching o f . a of the exterior the Church ; t o the Rev R O Ye rsley , a nt . for the photogr ph of the i erior ; to Mr . F . W Milmine , for his etchings of the East interior and the font ; and t o others r for the loan of photog raphs f o reproduction . a n and The uthor will welcome ki dly criticism , will esteem it a service if his readers will forward additio nal a o f a a a matter be ring on the history the p rish , especi lly th t a a a n and of the M nors , with view to possible revisio expansion of his i nadequate sketch . Cli ontents. C HAPTER PAG E LOO SE THR EAD S O F EARLY H I STORY EAST LB AKB IN DOM E S DAY BO O K THE M ANO R H I STORY THE HI STORY O F T HE RECTORY E S AS SI STANT E GY AR E S R CTOR , CL R , CH URCHW D N , AN D CLE R KS THE CHURCH CHURCH BO O KS PARI S H FINANCE AN D CH ARITI ES LOCAL COURTS AN D H IRIN G S VILLAG E TR ADES AND PO P ULATION THE ENCLOS UR E PE R S ON S O F N OTE H I STORICAL N OTES AN D LOCAL STORI E S A AN D E AM E S H ILL , RO D , FI LD N AP PB N D l XB S . T ERRI E RS O F CHURCH LAND S ’ TRAVE LLE RS N OTE S O N EAST LEAxE C O RRI OEN D UM iLtst of 3ll ustrati ons. P AG E O P ST . A AS EAKE Fronti s i ece CH URCH M RY , E T L p MAP O F T HE PARI S H O F E AST LEAKE BAC K YARD 1 2 A L O F H E - B E K 1 4 N ORTH W L CHURCH , WIT H RRING ON WOR - A E A D . D S P O F A S B 1 62 1 1 64 1 33 JOHN D V N NT, BI HO S LI URY, SE P A S E K 1 822 - 1 882 39 JO H BURTON , P RI H CL R , GROUND PLAN O F CHURCH 42 FONT 43 E O F K G AS 44 INT RIOR CHURCH , LOO IN E T E O F L K G E S 48 I NT RIOR CHURCH , OO IN W T FRAG M E NTS O P SCRE E N 49 P P - H EA EA 1 5TH E 5 PO Y D S T, C NTURY 0 EA I 7T H E Y 5 1 S T, C NTUR EA I 7T H E 52 S T, C NTURY CARV E D OAK PE LICAN 54 “ I N M P E AL A E T HE A M 55 T TRU T, LOC LY C LL D SH W THE CH AIN E D BOO K 6 1 TH E BLEY EN DOWE D FR EE SCH OOL 70 SE E T HE EE SE ES I N N O LD SM ITHY H OU , ONC THR H OR SHO 73 BROOKS IDE 79 PLAN O P T HE ENCLO S URE 85 ANG RAVE S . P E 97 M R . THO COO R T HE VILLAG E STR EET 99 A A E M AS E 10 1 M R . RICH RD H WL Y , SCHOOL T R A EM A E 1 836- 1 882 1 02 THE REV . J OHN B T N , R CTOR , r 3ntrobucto g . E a st Leake is a vi llag e pleasa ntly situ ated upon a n a t o s rn e e o f o rivulet , e r the We te xtr mity the S uth Wolds n a s r t e n o f district of Notti gh m hi e , miles South by West ’ n Ru shclifl o n ha . i n a a n a N tti g m I t is the p rli me t ry divisio Of , and gives its name t o t he Cou nty Council district o f Leake . a n n n a a f a and a o u The p rish co tai s a cre ge O cres , p p at n O f 876 a o n n u 1 901 a a a l l io , cc rdi g to the ce s s of , with r te b e value of n a i n l Owi g to its situatio n near to the g p the Wo ds , n n and Hot chle was n r e betwee Stocki g y H ills , it for ce tu i s on I n 1 739 the high road from Notti ngh am t o Loughborough . n one the prese t high road was adopted instead of the fo rmer , and the highway through East Leake became a byway . The n n a positio Of the vill age has bee t o some extent reg ined , for a a a a a the s me g p, which suggested highw y in the d ys long a a Of a a a p st , dict ted the route the Gre t Centr l R ilway from o n N ttingh am to Lo don . ' This altered position promi se s great things for the a and a a Old a a vill ge , E st Le ke may yet j ustify its ltern te na a me Of Gre t Leake . n t an l This sketch , however , is o prophecy , but out ine of t he history of a village which has been the dwelling place o f an ne a and as a b a m y ge r tions , such is reg rded y the f milies connected with it with the aff ection which is associ ated with h t he word ome . C H APTER I .