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Leeming, a hamlet and chapelry in Burneston parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on Ermine-street, here called Leeming Lane, 1 mile SSE of a station of the name of Leeming-Lane on the Northallerton and Leyburn railway, and 2 miles NE by E of Bedale. – The chapelry is conterminate with the township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton. Post-town, Bedale. Acres, 2,331. Pop., 780. Houses, 179. The name Leeming signifies a stone-way, and alludes to the stone-paved Ermine-street. The living is ap. Curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £130. Patron, the Vicar of Burneston. The church is an edifice of red brick. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].