Leam, Derbyshire
| Leam | |
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.jpg) Leam Farm. | |
  Leam Location within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK233791 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOPE VALLEY |
| Postcode district | S32 |
| Dialling code | 01433 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Leam, or historically Leam Farm, is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire.[1] There are a number of buildings, which once formed a single estate. Leam is due south of Hathersage, close to Grindleford.[2]
History
The Middleton family historically resided at Leam Hall, with Marmaduke Middleton's gravestone at St Lawrence's Church, Eyam stating that he died at Leam on February 6, 1845.[3]
Notable people
- Sir Henry Cooper, New Zealand educator.
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References
- ^ Aveline, William Talbot (1869). The Geology of Parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire: (quarter Sheet No. 82 S.E.). H.M. Stationery Office.
- ^ Rhodes, Ebenezer (1824). Peak scenery; or, Excursions in Derbyshire.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1845). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Henry Colburn.