GENUKI: Levisham

The Ancient Parish of LEVISHAM

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"LEVISHAM, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 5 miles N. of Pickering. Here is an ancient church (see Churches for photograph), the living is a rectory, in the patronage of Mrs. Skelton, of which the Rev. Robert Skelton, is the resident incumbent. There is also a free school endowed with £12. per annum. Population, 152."

"HOLE OF HORCUM, a cave, in the parish of Levisham, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 2 miles NNE. of Levisham, 7 miles NNE. of Pickering."

"NEWTON DALE, the west-side of this dale is in the township of Newton, and parishes of Pickering and Levisham, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 7 miles N. of Pickering."

Archives and Libraries

Transcripts of the Parish registers, all the census returns from 1841 - 1901, plus a lot more Levisham material is available in the Levisham Village Archive.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Levisham (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Levisham (view 2).
- The ruin of St. Mary's Church, Levisham taken from the road.
- The ruin of St. Mary's Church, Levisham showing some refurbishment work.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Levisham in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Levisham.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- East Yorkshire FHS
- The Ryedale Family History Group

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