Castlelevington

Castlelevington
Castle Hill
Castlelevington is located in North Yorkshire
Castlelevington
Castlelevington
Location within North Yorkshire
Population30 (2001)
OS grid referenceNZ436109
Civil parish
  • Castlelevington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS15
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth 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]

A lidar view of Castle Leavington Deserted Medieval Village

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.

A lidar view of Castle Leavington (Castle Hill/Castle Leven) and Deserted Medieval Village

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

  1. ^ a b "Location and History". Kirklevington and Castlelevington Parish. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "History". Kirklevington and Castle Levington Parish. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Red Hall Farmhouse (Grade II) (1139247)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ^ Cleveland, Edmund James (1899). The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Connecticut: Hartford. p. 13. OCLC 1843027.
  6. ^ "The Parishes of Kirklevington". Genuki. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Castle Hill (26929)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ^ White, William (1840). History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: Leader. p. 697. OCLC 65273456.
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