Levisham
Levisham is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, located within the North York Moors National Park about 5 mi north of Pickering. Its history dates back to the 11th century.
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Key facts
• Country — England • Official Name — Levisham • Civil Parish — Levisham • Unitary England — North Yorkshire • Lieutenancy England — North Yorkshire • Region — Yorkshire and the Humber • Constituency Westminster — Thirsk and Malton • Post Town — PICKERING • Postcode District — YO18 • Postcode Area — YO • Os Grid Reference — SE833905
History
History
The village is recorded as a very small settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name of the village was first recorded in 1086 as Leuecen, and it derives from Old Norse, meaning the farmstead of Leofgeat's people. The village is believed to have moved location due to the Black Death in the 14th century. The Church of St Mary, a grade II* listed building which dates to the 11th century, is now isolated from the current village, and is thought to mark the site of a deserted medieval village. The church fell into disuse in the 1950s, though burials continue, and the main place of Anglican worship is the Church of St John the Baptist, which is in Levisham village, some 800 m away from St Mary's. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Locations
Locations
It has a station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Nearby villages include Newton-on-Rawcliffe and Lockton. Levisham Estate is owned by the North York Moors National Park Authority. The estate land was purchased between 1975 and 1988, primarily in order to protect the moorland from being ploughed. In April 2021 the village was used as a filming location for the film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Demographics
Demographics
At the 2011 census the population was less than 100. Details are included with the civil parish of Lockton. An estimate published by North Yorkshire County Council in 2015 stated that the population was 70.
People from Levisham
People from Levisham
Heartbeat actress Lisa Kay (nurse Carol Cassidy) is from Levisham.
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- 1.Levisham Domesday Book. opendomesday.org.
- 2.Levisham :: Survey of English Place-Names. epns.nottingham.ac.uk.
- 3.Ekwall, Eilert. The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Oxford University Press. 296. 1960. 1228215388.
- 4.Bagshaw, Mike. Slow Yorkshire Moors & Wolds : including York & the coast. Bradt. 89. 2014. 978-1-84162-548-5.
- 5.Historic England. A view looking down onto St Mary's Church, now isolated from the village of Levisham, but thought by local legend to be all that remains of an earlier village wiped out by plague in medieval times (AA083569) Archive Item - John Gay Collection.
- 6.Church of St Mary. 1280303. II*.
- 7.Hall, R. A. St Mary's Church, Levisham, North Yorkshire. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 58. 1986. 0084-4276.
- 8.Kelman, Leanne. Railway Track Diagrams; Book 2 - Eastern. Trackmaps. 48D. 2020. 978-1-9996271-3-3.
- 9.North York Moors National Park, Levisham Estate, accessed on 11 June 2026
- 10.Tom Cruise films Mission: Impossible scenes in Yorkshire. BBC News. 20 April 2021.
- 11.Lockton Parish.
- 12.2015 Population Estimates Parishes. northyorks.gov.uk. 16. December 2016.
- 13.Lisa's home advantage. Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2010.
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