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LEEMING, a hamlet and a chapelry in Burneston parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on Erminestreet, here called Leeming Lane, 1 mile SSE of a station of the name of Leeming-Lane on the Northallerton and Leyburn railway, and 2 miles NE by E of Bedale. -The chapelry is conterminate with the township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton. Post town, Bedale. Acres, 2, 331. Pop., 780. Houses, 179. The name Leeming signifies a stone way, and alludes to the stonepaved Ermine street. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £130. Patron, the Vicar of Burneston. The church is an edifice of red brick. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Burneston AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Leeming |
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