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{{distinguish|text=[[Keyham, Devon]], a suburb of Plymouth}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Keyham
|civil_parish = Keyham
|population = 118
|population_ref = <small> ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795968&c=Keyham&d=16&e=15&g=466008&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1236683518651&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Keyham CP (Parish) |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |accessdate=2009-03-10}}</ref>
|country = England
|region = East Midlands
|os_grid_reference = SK6606
|post_town = LEICESTER
|postcode_area = LE
|postcode_district = LE7
|dial_code = 0116
|constituency_westminster = [[Melton and Syston (UK Parliament constituency)|Melton and Syston]]
|shire_district = [[Harborough District|Harborough]]
|shire_county = [[Leicestershire]]
|coordinates = {{coord|52.65255|-1.01216|display=inline,title}}
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'''Keyham''' is an English village in [[Leicestershire]]. It lies about {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} east of [[Leicester]], in the district of [[Harborough District|Harborough]]. The population at the 2001 census was 118, which rose to 124 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125151&c=Keyham&d=16&e=62&g=6444751&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465911678117&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |accessdate=14 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

==Heritage==
[[File:All Saints Church, Keyham - geograph.org.uk - 472445.jpg|thumb|left|upright|All Saints' Church, Keyham]]
Mention of Keyham can be found as early as the 11th century.

The Anglican Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building. Its nave and chancel were probably built in the 13th and 14th centuries and the tower added in the 15th. The church was restored in the 19th century. The tower has a [[fleuron (architecture)|fleuron]] frieze below its [[battlement]]s.<ref>Listing text [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101188270-church-of-all-saints-keyham#.XIwec8lKh7c Retrieved 15 March 2019.]</ref><ref>Keyham Church and Ingarsby Deserted Village. [http://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/keyham-church-ingarsby-deserted-village/ Retrieved 27 July 2015.]</ref>

Keyham Old Hall is one of eleven Grade II [[listed building]]s in the village. It was built in red brick with stone dressings and dates from the late 16th to 17th centuries, but it was much altered and enlarged in the 19th century.<ref>Listings text. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-190714-keyham-old-hall-keyham-leicestershire#.VbahobOqpBc Retrieved 27 July 2015.]</ref>

Keyham had a board school from 1885 until 1939 with a single teacher. A history of the school by Michael Freeman is available online.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Freeman |first=Michael |date=2001 |title=Keyham Board School |url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-6156-1/dissemination/LH37-2001/LH37-2001-19-22-Freeman.pdf |journal=The Leicestershire Historian |volume=37 |doi=10.5284/1114255}}</ref>

===1964 air accident===
[[English Electric Lightning]] 'XN723', owned by Rolls-Royce, crashed from [[RAF Hucknall]] on 25 March 1964. 31 year old Denis Whitham, of 41 Holly Road, [[Watnall]], ejected at 5,000 ft. He landed near [[Houghton on the Hill]], and walked to Uppingham Road, the [[A47 road|A47]], and knocked on the door of the local policeman, Mr Tomlinson. The policeman's wife phoned an ambulance, and made the pilot a cup of tea. He was taken to [[Leicester Royal Infirmary]].

Fire engines came from Leicester, [[Billesdon]] and [[Syston]]. The ejector seat landed in the Thurnby Lodge Estate, in [[Scraptoft]]. Two other RAF aircraft crashed that day, including a helicopter crash at [[RAF Tern Hill]] that killed both pilots.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Wednesday 25 March 1964, page 1</ref><ref>[https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/56573 March 1964 crash]</ref><ref>[https://www.macearchive.org/films/midland-montage-26031964-here-and-there 1964 crash]</ref>

==Social amenities==
The village includes a village hall and a [[public house]], the ''Dog and Gun''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/countryside/walking/parishwalks/parish_walks_keyham.htm|title=Keyham Parish walks |publisher=Leicestershire County Council |accessdate=2009-03-10}}</ref> There is a camp and caravan site at Long Meadow Farm,<ref>Camp and Caravan Leicester. [http://campandcaravanleicester.co.uk/index.php Retrieved 27 July 2015.]</ref> and a kennels and cattery in Snows Lane.<ref>[http://www.yell.com/biz/keyham-kennels-and-cattery-leicester-2329676/ Retrieved 27 July 2015.]</ref>

The Anglican All Saints' Church forms part of a group benefice with [[Hungarton]], [[Billesdon]], [[Goadby]] and [[Skeffington]]. A service is held there about once a month.<ref>[https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/4709/ A Church Near You. Retrieved 15 March 2019.]</ref>

The village has no public transport. The nearest railway station is at [[Leicester Railway Station|Leicester]] (4½ miles, 7 km).

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Keyham, Leicestershire|Keyham}}
*[http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/countryside/walking/parishwalks/parish_walks_keyham.htm Keyham Parish Walks]

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[[Category:Villages in Leicestershire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Harborough District]]

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Keyham, Leicestershire - Revision history

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