[3] The nature of the stones at Levisham, and those of St Hilda at Ellerburn, demonstrate the easternmost reaches of Anglo-Scandinavian influence in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.

[5] Archaeological investigations have determined that the medieval nave was 7.9 inches (20 cm) shorter in its width, and the site was probably used as a place of Anglo-Saxon worship, and includes graves from the tenth century.

[8] At the time of the listed building survey in the early 1950s, the roof of the nave had stone flags, and the vestry and chancel were finished with pantiles.

The current church in Levisham village (St John the Baptist) and is mostly under the same episcopal authority apart from the it is in the Deanery of Northern Ryedale.

[21][22] The church was last used for worship in the 1950s, though one outside service is held at the site annually, and some interments continued as it remains the official burial ground of the parish.