LEEMING, a chapelry in the parish of BURNESTON,
wapentake of HALLIKELD, North riding of the county
of YORK, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Bedale, containing,
with Exelby and Newton, 562 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £1000
royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Vicar of Burneston. The church is
dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The petty sessions
for the division are held at the Oak Tree Inn, Leeming
Lane. The ancient Herman-street, which extends
northward to Inverness, passes through this chapelry.