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Castlelevington

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Castlelevington
civil_parish	Castlelevington
coordinates
population	30
population_ref	(2001)
unitary_england	Stockton-on-Tees
region	North East England
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
post_town	STOCKTON-ON-TEES
postcode_area	TS
postcode_district	TS15
os_grid_reference	NZ436109
static_image_name	Castle Hill - geograph.org.uk - 145640.jpg
static_image_caption	Castle Hill

Castlelevington (also spelt Castle Leavington) is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England 2.5 mi south south-east of Yarm. The parish is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. There is no village in the parish. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 30. At the 2011 Census, it remained only minimal.

Castlelevington was historically a township within the parish of Kirklevington in the wapentake of Langbaurgh West in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was part of the Stokesley Rural District from 1894 to 1974, when it became part of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It now shares a grouped parish council with Kirklevington, known as Kirklevington and Castle Leavington Parish Council.

A [[lidar]] view of Castle Leavington Deserted Medieval Village

The parish covers a number of farms: Red Hall, White Hall, Spell Close, Levington House, Woodcroft and The Mill. Red Hall is a Grade II listed building. It was the seat of the Meryton family, whose most famous son was George Meryton (d. 1624), chaplain to Queen Anne and Dean of Peterborough and York.

A [[lidar]] view of Castle Leavington (Castle Hill/Castle Leven) and Deserted Medieval Village

In the far east of the parish is the motte that gives the area its name. The eastern border is the River Leven.

References

"Location and History".
(1923). "Parishes: Kirk Leavington". Institute of Historical Research.
"History".
{{National Heritage List for England
(1899). "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families". Hartford.
"The Parishes of Kirklevington".
{{PastScape
(1840). "History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire". Leader.

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