The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday Book[2] and the name of the hamlet derives from the Old English Lece or Lecan which means to drip or leak.

All other places in England that are named Leake are situated near to water and an alternative etymology would be that Lece may be an Old English word for brook.

Originally built in 3 storeys to an H-shaped floor plan it now has a T-shaped layout with a 6-bay frontage.

[4] The grade I listed Church of St Mary dates from Norman times.

The bench ends for the choir stalls in the chancel were rescued from Bridlington Priory at the Dissolution.