LEAVINGTON (KIRK), a parish in the western division
of the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of
the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Castle-
Leavington, Kirk-Leavington, Pickton, and Low Worsall,
and containing 637 inhabitants, of which number, 282 are
in the township of Kirk-Leavington, 2 miles (S. S.B.)
from Yarm. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, endowed
with £200 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Archbishop of
York. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a small
ancient structure.