# Levisham

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Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Levisham Levisham Location within North Yorkshire OS grid reference SE833905 Civil parish Levisham Unitary authority North Yorkshire Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town PICKERING Postcode district YO18 Police North Yorkshire Fire North Yorkshire Ambulance Yorkshire UK Parliament Thirsk and Malton List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°18′14″N 0°43′15″W / 54.303840°N 0.720930°W / 54.303840; -0.720930

**Levisham** is a small village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England, located within the [North York Moors](/source/North_York_Moors) National Park about 5 miles (8 km) north of [Pickering](/source/Pickering%2C_North_Yorkshire). At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of [Lockton](/source/Lockton).

## History

The village is recorded as a very small settlement in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086.[1] The name of the village was first recorded in 1086 as *Leuecen*, and it derives from [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse), meaning the *farmstead of Leofgeat's people*.[2][3] The village is believed to have moved location due to the [Black Death](/source/Black_Death) in the 14th century.[4] The [Church of St Mary](/source/Church_of_St_Mary%2C_Levisham), a [grade II* listed](/source/Grade_II*_listed) building which dates to the 11th century, is now isolated from the current village,[5] and is thought to mark the site of a [Deserted Medieval Village](/source/Deserted_Medieval_Village).[6] 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 2,600 feet (800 m) away from St Mary's.[7]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of [Ryedale](/source/Ryedale), it is now administered by the unitary [North Yorkshire Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_Council).

## Locations

It has a [station](/source/Levisham_railway_station) on the [North Yorkshire Moors Railway](/source/North_Yorkshire_Moors_Railway).[8] Nearby villages include [Newton-on-Rawcliffe](/source/Newton-on-Rawcliffe) and [Lockton](/source/Lockton).

## Demographics

At the 2011 census, details were recorded with the parish of Lockton,[9] however, an estimate by [North Yorkshire County Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_County_Council) in 2015 stated that the population was 70.[10]

## Miscellaneous

[*Heartbeat*](/source/Heartbeat_(UK_TV_series)) actress [Lisa Kay](/source/Lisa_Kay) (nurse Carol Cassidy) is from Levisham.[11] In April 2021 the village was used as a filming location for the forthcoming *[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One](/source/Mission%3A_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Dead_Reckoning_Part_One)* film.[12]

## See also

- [Listed buildings in Levisham](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Levisham)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Levisham | Domesday Book"](https://opendomesday.org/place/SE8390/levisham/). *opendomesday.org*. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Levisham :: Survey of English Place-Names"](http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Levisham/53286b32b47fc40bc6000522-Levisham). *epns.nottingham.ac.uk*. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Ekwall, Eilert](/source/Eilert_Ekwall) (1960). *The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names* (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 296. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1228215388](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1228215388).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Bagshaw, Mike (2014). *Slow Yorkshire Moors & Wolds : including York & the coast*. Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt. p. 89. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84162-548-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84162-548-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["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"](https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/AA083569). Historic England. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Church of St Mary (Grade II*) (1280303)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1280303?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Hall, R. A.; Lang, J. T. (1986). "St Mary's Church, Levisham, North Yorkshire". *Yorkshire Archaeological Journal*. **58**. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society: 58. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0084-4276](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0084-4276).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Kelman, Leanne (2020). *Railway Track Diagrams; Book 2 - Eastern*. Frome: Trackmaps. 48D. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-9996271-3-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-9996271-3-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – Lockton Parish (E04007602)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04007602). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2015 Population Estimates Parishes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf) (PDF). *northyorks.gov.uk*. December 2016. p. 16. Archived from [the original](https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf) (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Lisa's home advantage"](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/lisas-home-advantage-1045371). *Manchester Evening News*. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Tom Cruise films Mission: Impossible scenes in Yorkshire"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56816211). *BBC News*. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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