Prior to 1896 when Chaiya Town was the center of local administration reported directly to Ayuthaya,  His Majesty King Chulachomklao (King Rama V) visited Ban Don by boat through a canal which was then found to be a short-cut route.  Thus, that canal was named ?Klong Lad? conveying its characteristic of being a short-cut canal.

               The main livelihood of the majority of Klong Lad?s residents was rice farming.  Paddy trading with the Chinese merchants was also active back then.  These merchants regularly sailed to the village to purchase paddy produces.  Due to the accent problem, ?Klong Lad? had been pronounced as ?Klong Led? by these Chinese merchants.

               During the reign of King Rama V, the local administration system had been reorganized to adopt the centralization approach.  A hierarchical governing system had also been initiated.  The local administration had been divided into different levels, including the village, Tambon (Sub-district), Amphur (District), and Changwad (Provincial) levels.  In 1902 Tambon Leeled had been established with Khun (the lowest designation of government officials in the old days) Leeled-Lathakit (Nak Tadakul) being appointed to be the first Kamnan (Chief of Sub-district).  In the old days, rice farming in combination with coconut palm cropping was the main livelihood of the villagers.  Now-a-days, as more and more villagers shifted to rice farming, field cropping had no longer been practiced.

               In the past, the canals in Leeled area had not been the means for local livelihoods due to the abundance of the crocodiles.  Villagers living along the canals dared not bathe in the canals unless a bath pen was constructed to deter the crocodiles.  Later on, this situation was reversed when the crocodiles were highly demanded by the Indian merchants who came to do the crocodile trading right in the village.  The villagers began catching them for sale until the crocodile population was completely exhausted from the canals in Leeled.  When the canals were safe, the villagers began to practice traditional fishing.  Paddy field had been turned into coconut palm orchards.  Now-a-days, fishing and coconut palm plantation have become the main livelihoods of Leeled residents.

               Ban Leeled today is the location of the ancient temple called Wat Bang Pla (Bang Pla Temple).  In the old days, this temple was originally called ?Kaew Pradit Tha Ram Temple.?  However, since there were abundant ?Pla? tree (tree of the family Tiliaceae) in the temple area back then, the villagers were apt to call this temple ?Wat Bang Pla? (Bang Pla Temple).  The latter name has generally been referred to by the villagers since then.