Castlelevington
| Castlelevington | |
|---|---|
 Castle Hill | |
.svg)  Castlelevington Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 30 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | NZ436109 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOCKTON-ON-TEES |
| Postcode district | TS15 |
| Police | Cleveland |
| Fire | Cleveland |
| Ambulance | North East |
Castlelevington (also spelt Castle Leavington) is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England 2.5 miles (4 km) south south-east of Yarm.[1] The parish is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. There is no village in the parish. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 30. At the 2011 Census, it remained only minimal.
Castlelevington was historically a township within the parish of Kirklevington in the wapentake of Langbaurgh West in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was part of the Stokesley Rural District from 1894 to 1974, when it became part of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.[3] It now shares a grouped parish council with Kirklevington, known as Kirklevington and Castle Leavington Parish Council.[1]
The parish covers a number of farms: Red Hall, White Hall, Spell Close, Levington House, Woodcroft and The Mill. Red Hall is a Grade II listed building.[4] It was the seat of the Meryton family,[5] whose most famous son was George Meryton (d. 1624), chaplain to Queen Anne and Dean of Peterborough and York.
In the far east of the parish is the motte that gives the area its name.[6][7] The eastern border is the River Leven.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Location and History". Kirklevington and Castlelevington Parish. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1923). "Parishes: Kirk Leavington". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "History". Kirklevington and Castle Levington Parish. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Red Hall Farmhouse (Grade II) (1139247)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ Cleveland, Edmund James (1899). The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Connecticut: Hartford. p. 13. OCLC 1843027.
- ^ "The Parishes of Kirklevington". Genuki. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Castle Hill (26929)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ White, William (1840). History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: Leader. p. 697. OCLC 65273456.