Population: 410 (1991)

There are entries for Leadenham and Fulbeck in The Domesday Book

The heir of William de COLEVILLE d 1230 was his brother, Robert of Auborne & Leadenham, Lincolnshire, Eng. Robert de Coleville was present at Runnymede in June 1215 for the signing of the Magna Carta. This ancient Norman name originates from the town of Coleville-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. Meaning "Col" dark and swarthy and "ville" village or "Castle on the Hill". In 1174, Phillip De Colville was sent to Scotland as a hostage for the release of William the Lion. He apparently took up residence in Scotland and established the two noble lineage�s of Culross and Ochiltree.

Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy 1332 for Leadenham was �6 3s8�d, which included John Cappe, 1s0�d
more about Lay Subsidies of 1290-1332

John Dee Rectorship of Long Leadenham in Lincolnshire, 1566. Together with rectory of Upton-upon-Severn, in Worcestershire he received a combined income of about �80 a year.

In 1806 an Act was obtained for more effectually repairing the roads from Newark to Mansfield and Southwell, and to Leadenham Hill in Lincolnshire.

Leadenham House was built between 1790 and 1796 for William Reeve. source

Parish Register Copies for Leadenham held by The Society of Genealogists 1558-1698 1721-39 [54] and Mfc M(I) 1700-53 [also FULBECK Mfc M(I) 1700-53]

1861 Census for Leadenham now available at Australian Institue of Genealogy 1/41 Railway Road, Blackburn, Victoria (opposite the northern entry/exit to Blackburn Railway Station).
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Leadenham was part of the Sleaford registration district Created 1st July 1837. Sub-districts : Aswarby; Billinghay; Heckington; Leadenham; Sleaford GRO volumes : XIV (1837-51); 7a (1852-1930). (used to compile the census returns for the years 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.) ref: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/lin.htm

Monkfield College, founded in 1989 is commodiously located in a late-eighteenth/early-nineteenth century building in the middle of Leadenham, Lincolnshire and provides 'open' theological education for mature students seeking academic awards by part-time study. e-mail: [email protected]

A hydrogeological investigation of Leadenham landfill site, Leadenham, Lincolnshire. S. Little 1994 M.Sc. research Universtiy of East Anglia

Leadenham Quarry, Portergate Road, Leadenham