Leven

Other current and historical names

Leuene
Little Leven
Leven, Little

Built-Up Area: Leven
Parish/Community: Leven
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°53'33"N 0°19'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 510660, 445353
OS Grid: TA106453
Mapcode Local: GBR VR7F.1C
Mapcode Global: WHHG4.3F06

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Leven within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Leven in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Leven, par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire - par., 5061 ac., pop. 967; township, 3709 ac., pop. 847; vil., 6 miles NE. of Beverley; P.O., T.O.

Leven in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [North Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Beverley St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Beverley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Households: 15 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire

Leven is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Leven in historic gazetteers

Leven in the Domesday Book