It originally opened as East Ville and New Leake, but was renamed in 1850.

The line through the station remains in use as the Poacher Line The station was opened on 2 October 1848 as East Ville and New Leake[2] after the nearby settlements of Eastville and Leake, and later renamed in 1852 to simply East Ville.

[2] It was constructed by Peto and Betts civil engineering contractors who, in January 1848, had taken over the contract to construct the section of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Louth and Boston from John Waring and Sons.

[5] Goods traffic was always more important than passenger receipts and the goods yard handled large amounts of sugar beet in block loads, which were manually transferred to waiting wagons.

[6] The station was closed to passengers on 11 September 1961[2] and to goods traffic on 15 June 1964.