In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Levisham like this:
LEVISHAM, a parish in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the York and Whitby railway, 6 miles NNE of Pickering. It has a station on the railway; and its Post town is Pickering, under York. Acres, 2,962. Real property, £1,029. Pop., 148. Houses, 30. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor belongs to James Walker, Esq. Levisham Bottoms are a cultivated and well-wooded vale, traversed by the railway, and interesting to geologists. ' ' The sections of strata about the Levisham station, ''says Professor Phillips, "are very instructive parts of the peculiar oolitic coalfield, showing, in downward order, the coralline oolite, calcareous grit, Oxford clay, Kelloway's rock, cornbrash, sandstones and shales, with plants, marks of coal, and granular ironstone of great richness, in thin irregular beds and nodules. ''The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. Skelton. The church was rebuilt in 1804. There is an endowed school with £15 a year.
Levisham through time
Levisham is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Levisham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Levisham, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13305
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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