Castlelevington

Castlelevington, or Castle Leavington is a civil parish in the borough of Stockton on Tees, 2.5 miles (4 km) south south-east of Yarm[1] in North East England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 30. At the 2011 Census it remained only minimal and information was now maintained in the parish of Kirklevington.

Castlelevington
Civil parish
Castlelevington Location within North Yorkshire
Population	30 (2001)
OS grid reference	NZ436109
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode district	TS15
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East

The parish originated as a chapelry within the parish of Kirklevington and it became recognised as a separate civil parish in 1866. It formed part of the Stokesley Rural District from 1894 to 1974, when it became part of the borough of Stockton.[2]

The parish constitutes an area to the east of the parish of Kirklevington, also bordering the parishes of Yarm, Hilton, Middleton-on-Leven, and Crathorne. It covers a number of farms: Red Hall, White Hall, Spell Close, Levington House, Woodcroft and The Mill although there is no settlement in the parish known as Castle Levington. Red Hall was seat of the Meryton family,[3] whose most famous son was George Meryton (d. 1624), chaplain to Queen Anne and Dean of Peterborough and York. In the far east of the parish is the motte that gives the parish its prefix.[4][5] The eastern border is the River Leven.[6]