Leece
Village in Cumbria, England
title: "Leece" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-cumbria", "aldingham", "furness"] description: "Village in Cumbria, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-cumbria" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leece" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Cumbria, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| static_image_name | Moss House - geograph.org.uk - 210578.jpg |
| static_image_width | 240 |
| static_image_caption | Moss House |
| official_name | Leece |
| country | England |
| region | North West England |
| os_grid_reference | SD242693 |
| coordinates | |
| post_town | ULVERSTON |
| postcode_area | LA |
| postcode_district | LA12 |
| dial_code | 01229 |
| constituency_westminster | Barrow and Furness |
| civil_parish | Aldingham |
| unitary_england | Westmorland and Furness |
| lieutenancy_england | Cumbria |
| pushpin_map | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in South Lakeland |
| :: |
| static_image_name = Moss House - geograph.org.uk - 210578.jpg | static_image_width = 240 | static_image_caption = Moss House | official_name = Leece | country = England | region = North West England | os_grid_reference = SD242693 | coordinates = | post_town = ULVERSTON | postcode_area = LA | postcode_district = LA12 | dial_code = 01229 | constituency_westminster = Barrow and Furness | civil_parish = Aldingham |unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness |lieutenancy_england= Cumbria | pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland
Leece is a village on the Furness peninsula in Cumbria, England, between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness.
Amenities
The village is built around a tarn and a village green, and Henry Armer & Son, a smithy established in 1914 that has since become an agricultural engineering business.
For parish council purposes, Leece belongs to Aldingham Parish Council.
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. It appears later in 1269 as Lees.
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.{{cite web |url= http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Aldingham/LeeceUnitedMethodistFreeChurch.shtml |title= United Methodist Free Church, Leece|accessdate=2007-05-22 |last= Stringer|first= Phil|date= 2007-02-14|publisher= GENUKI}} 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.
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.
Gallery
File:Leece postcard 1904.jpg|A postcard showing Leece, dated 1904. The tarn can be seen in the foreground, and the old Methodist church on the far right. File:LeeceDuckPond.jpg|The Leece tarn in 2008.
Sources
References
- "Information on Leece". postcode-info.co.uk.
- Bolt, Alison. (2006-04-25). "The End". [[BBC]].
- Swain, Robert. "Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories". [[Francis Frith.
- "Henry Armer and Son". Henry Armer & Son.
- "Aldingham Parish Council".
- [http://www.explorelowfurness.co.uk/gleaston.htm Explore Low Furness]
- Mills, David. (1976). "The Place Names of Lancashire". B. T Batsford.
- "St. Matthews Church, Dendron". Explore Low Furness.
- Jackson, Russell. (2005-01-29). "Justice for the Lady in the Lake as husband gets life for murder". [[The Scotsman]].
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