Leighfield

Leighfield
Leighfield is located in Rutland
Leighfield
Leighfield
Location within Rutland
Area3.68 sq mi (9.5 km2[1]
Population10 2001 Census[2]
• Density3/sq mi (1.2/km2)
OS grid referenceSK832024
• London82 miles (132 km) SSE
Unitary authority
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOAKHAM
Postcode districtLE15
Dialling code01572
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Rutland
52°36′47″N 0°46′19″W / 52.613°N 0.772°W / 52.613; -0.772

Leighfield is a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. There is no settlement centre in the parish, only a few isolated properties. In the 2001 census it had a population of 10, which was the fourth smallest of Rutland's parish populations.[3] At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Ridlington. It shares its name with Leighfield Forest, a much larger area from Braunston-in-Rutland to Stockerston and from Skeffington to Ridlington, a triangle of land roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) in each direction.[4]

The village's name means 'Wood/clearing'. Spellings with the addition of the Old English word 'feld' meaning 'open land' started to appear from the 14th century.[5]

The Leighfield Way is a 7.4 miles (11.9 km) waymarked route joining the Leicestershire and Rutland Rounds at Belton-in-Rutland with the Hereward Way and Viking Way at Oakham.[6]

  1. ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  3. ^ Rutland Civil Parish populations, 2001 accessed 24-Oct-2011
  4. ^ Leighfield Forest Project. Leicestershire County Council, accessed 24-Oct-2011
  5. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  6. ^ "Leighfield Way". Ldwa.org.uk/l. The Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 10 December 2019.