Castlelevington Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Castle Levington
Civil Parish:Kirklevington and Castle Levington[1]
Coordinates:54.492°N -1.326°W
Population:30
Population Ref:(2001)
Unitary England:Stockton-on-Tees
Region:North East England
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Post Town:STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode Area:TS
Postcode District:TS15
Os Grid Reference:NZ436109
Static Image Name:Castle Hill - geograph.org.uk - 145640.jpg
Static Image Caption:Castle Hill

Castlelevington (or Castle Leavington) is a group of hamlets, former township and former civil parish. It is east of the River Leven and 2.5miles south south-east of Yarm.[1]

The area is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 30. At the 2011 Census, it remained only minimal.

The parish originated as a chapelry within the parish of Kirklevington and it became recognised as 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.[2]

The area forms the eastern half of the present parish. It covers a number of farms: Red Hall, White Hall, Spell Close, Levington House, Woodcroft and The Mill although there is no settlement in the area known as Castle Levington. Red Hall was seat of the Meryton family,[3] 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.[4] The eastern border is the River Leven.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location and History. Kirklevington and Castlelevington Parish. 30 August 2016. 30 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530082650/http://www.kirklevingtoncommunity.co.uk/community_plan/location-history.php. dead.
  2. Web site: History. Kirklevington and Castle Levington Parish. 30 August 2016. 30 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530082734/http://www.kirklevingtoncommunity.co.uk/history/kirklevington-brief-history.php. dead.
  3. Book: Cleveland. Edmund James. The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. 1899. Hartford. Connecticut. 13. 1843027.
  4. Web site: The Parishes of Kirklevington. Genuki. 30 August 2016. 21 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921122752/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirklevington/more.html. live.
  5. Book: White. William. History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. 1840. Leader. Sheffield. 697. 65273456.