Occupations included eight farmers, three wheelwrights, two blacksmiths, two butchers, three corn millers, five shoemakers, two maltsters, two grocers, a bricklayer, a schoolmaster, a parish clerk, and the landlords of The Minerva and the Blue Bell public houses.

[4] The 1892 Bulmer's Directory of Hull and the East Riding states that the Manor of Leven was given to the Church of St John of Beverley by Edward the Confessor, and is listed in the Domesday Book as being amongst its possessions.

The village has two public houses: The New Inn and The Hare and Hounds as well as a member's club featuring live entertainment each week.

[citation needed] After a long campaign by residents, a bypass was built for the A165 road around the eastern side of the village and opened in May 1994.

[7] Leven Canal, a Site of Special Scientific Interest links the village to the River Hull, although it is now closed.

Two warehouses were constructed in 1825 for storing of local grain ready for barge transport, and a depository for incoming coal.