Levisham, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Levisham, a village, and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire, on the York and Whitby railway, 6 miles NNE of Pickering. It has a station on the railway, and its post town, money order, and telegraph office is Pickering. Acreage of the civil parish, 2975; population, 116; of the ecclesiastical, 114. The manor belongs to the Wimbush family. Levisham Bottoms are a cultivated and well-wooded vale, traversed by the railway, and interesting to geologists. "The sections of strata about the Levisham station," says Professor Phillips, " are very instructive parts of the peculiar oolitic coalfield, showing, in downward order, the coralline oolite, calcareous grit, Oxford clay, Kelloway's rock, corn-brash, sandstones and shales, with plants, marks of coal. and granular ironstone of great richness, in thin irregular beds and nodules." Limestone and freestone are quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value, £128 with residence. The church is small and was rebuilt in 1804. A chapel of ease was erected in 1884.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Riding | North |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Levisham:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1700-1914 | 1793-1930 | 1700-1930 | 1700-1954 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Levisham from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Levisham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: