Gilling East, North Riding

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gilling East like this:

GILLING, a village, a township, and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Rye, and on the Thirsk and Malton railway, 5 miles E of Coxwold, and 5 S of Helmsley; is environed by pleasant scenery; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under York.-The township includes the village, and comprises 2, 500 acres. ...

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Real property, £2, 078. Pop., 244. Houses, 43.—The parish contains also the townships of Grimstone and Cawton. Acres, 4, 547. Real property, £3, 852. Pop., 401. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The manor is mentioned in Domesday book; went, soon after the Conquest, to the Mowbrays; and passed, by marriage, to the Fairfaxes. Gilling Castle is the seat of the Fair-faxes; stands on a wooded eminence, overlooking the village; includes an ancient E end, of circular form; and contains a great dining-room, with a curious record of all the families of note in the county in the time of Queen Elizabeth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £632.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is early English, with traces of Norman; contains a remarkable monumental cross and effigies of a knight, with other interesting monuments; and is in good condition. An endowed school has £14; and other charities £18.

Gilling East through time

Gilling East 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 Gilling East itself, go to Statistics.

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