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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gillamoor like this:
GILLAMOOR, a township-chapelry in Kirkby-Moorside parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles NE of Helmsley, and 8¼ NW by W of Pickering r. station. Post town, Kirkby-Moorside under York. Acres, 2, 540. Real property, £954. Pop., 160. Houses, 41. The surface is diversified, and both includes and commands fine views. Here is a meet for the Sinnington hounds. The living is a p. curacy annexed to the vicarage of Kirkby-Moorside, in the diocese of York. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school.
Gillamoor is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gillamoor itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gillamoor, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12709
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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