LEVISHAM, a parish in PICKERING lythe, North
riding of the county of YORK, 65 miles (N. N. E.) from
Pickering, containing 152 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books
at £7. 8. 1. Mrs. Skelton was patroness in 1818.
John Poad, in 1783, devised an estate, after certain deductions,
for the education of six poor children of this
parish, and six of Lockton; the income is £ 12 per annum.