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Leece is a small village near the town of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. The village is based around three roads surrounding a small tarn, or pond, and is home to several farms, the Copper Dog pub and an agricultural engineering business.
The name Leece is probably from the Old English leahs, which means 'glades' although it could be from an older Celtic word meaning 'hall'. The Domesday Book records the village of Lies but also includes Alia Lies, 'another Leece', which probably lay a mile or so west of the present village, towards Barrow, but may also have been further south towards Morecambe Bay.
Possibly the most significant of the village's claims to fame is the part it played in the 'Lady in The Lake' murder trial. Gordon Park, a resident of Leece, bludgeoned his 30-year-old wife Carol to death with an ice axe then dumped her body in Coniston Water, telling police investigating her disappearance that she had left their home for another man.
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