Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GILLING

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. 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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Gilling CP/AP       Gilling East CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Gilling East

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