[7] The village was known as Echescol in Domesday Book in the Hundred of Count Alan of Brittany, the previous Lord having been Gospatric.[12] This was damaged by fire in April 2019, leading to the opening of a new distillery in Leeming Bar in March 2020.Aiskew Civil Parish (as it was before being renamed on 17 April 2018) includes the village of Leeming Bar.[24] In the village is the 18th-century Grade II listed Aiskew Mill with all its original wooden machinery.It was built in 1878, designed by Mr George Goldie of London, after the original chapel became too small for the congregation.