[3][page needed] The 13th-century church of St Leonard is a Grade I listed building,[4] noted for its spire, restored 15th-century, a Tree of Jesse window, and carved font.

A style of cake was baked on the fifth Sunday in Lent in supposed commemoration of this" and that the compendium Time's Telescope of 1823 adds that 'they are made by almost every family'.

Some of the older inhabitants of the village invite their friends to tea, and treat them with hot whirling cakes, which, we believe, in their composition is nothing more than ordinary buns".

But there are still many who recollect when there was a regular pleasure fair held in Leverington on Whirling Sunday, when a particular kind of whirling cake was made in most houses, and sports of all kinds, especially boxing matches, were carried on, and a regular holiday observed.

- On Saturday last a very fine new screw steamer named the Leverington was launched from the yards of J. Laing, Sunderland.

The Leverington - is the property of Richard Young, Esq., and is the largest and most powerful of that gentleman's fleet of steam ships".