LEADENHAM, a parish in the wapentake of LOVEDEN,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 9
miles (N. W. by W.) from Sleaford, containing 574 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£29. 12. 8. The Rev. Thomas Brown was patron in
1822. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, is partly in
the decorated, and partly in the later English, style, and
has a tower and spire of elegant proportions. The petty
sessions for the division are held here.