The Leaven or Leven, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Leaven or Leven, The, a river of N.R. Yorkshire. It rises near Commondale Moor, and runs windingly westward and northward, about 20 miles, past Ayton, Stokesley, and Kirk Leavington, to the Tees below the Yarm.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: