Levisham
| Levisham | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Levisham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE833905 |
| Location: | 54°18’14"N, 0°43’15"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Pickering |
| Postcode: | YO18 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Thirsk and Malton |
Levisham is a small village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, within the North York Moors National Park about five miles north of Pickering. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100.
History
The village is recorded as a very small manor in the Domesday Book of 1086.[1] The name of the village was first recorded in then as Leuecen: the name derives from Old Norse, meaning the farmstead of Leofgeat's people.[2][3] The village is believed to have moved location due to the Black Death in the 14th century.[4]
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 mediæval village.[5] 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, half a mile away from St Mary's.[6]
About the village
Levisham has a railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.[7] Nearby villages include Newton-on-Rawcliffe and Lockton.
On film
In April 2021 the village was used as a filming location for the forthcoming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One film.[8]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Levisham) |
References
- ↑ Levisham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 296 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Bagshaw, Mike (2014). Slow Yorkshire Moors & Wolds : including York & the coast. Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-84162-548-5.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1280303: Church of St Mary (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Hall, R. A.; Lang, J. T. (1986). "St Mary's Church, Levisham, North Yorkshire". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society) 58: 58. SSN 0084-4276.
- ↑ Kelman, Leanne (2020). Railway Track Diagrams; Book 2 - Eastern. Frome: Trackmaps. 48D. ISBN 978-1-9996271-3-3.
- ↑ "Tom Cruise films Mission: Impossible scenes in Yorkshire". BBC News. 20 April 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56816211. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
