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LEVENS, a township and a chapelry in Heversham parish, Westmoreland. The township lies on the river Kent, 2¾ miles NNW of Milnthorpe r. station, and 5½ S by W of Kendal; contains the hamlets of BeathwaiteGreen and Sizergh-Hillside, and part of Brigsteer; and h as a post office under Milnthorpe. Acres, 3,953; of which 33 are water. Real property, £5,373. Pop., 936. Houses, 191. The manor belonged to the Redmans; passed to the Bellinghams and the Grahams; and, with levens Hall, belongs now to the Howards. The Hall is a fine old Tudor mansion; contains much elaborate oaken carved work, and some interesting pictures; and stands amid charming grounds. The gardens were planned by Beaumont, gardener to James II.; and the park is traversed by the Kent, between steep and richly wooded banks,-contains a petrifying spring, called the dropping-well,-and has a fine distribution of lawn and wood; while herds of deer
- across the green sward bound,
Through shade and sunny gleam;
And the swans glide past them, with the sound
Of Kent's rejoicing stream.
Levens bridge takes the road from Milnthorpe to Kendal across the Kent; and Levens Force is a foaming cascade of the river, nearly a mile above the bridge. Under Levens Hall was the seat of the Leivins and the Prestons. A ruin at Kirkstead is supposed to occupy the site, and even to include some portions of a Roman temple dedicated to Diana.—The chapelry is less extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1838. Pop., 804. Houses, 166. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £200. * Patron, the Hon. Mrs. Howard. The church is modern, in the early English style, with tower and spire.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Heversham CP/AP Levens Tn/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Levens |
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