Gilling (near Coxwold) Yorkshire Family History Guide

Gilling (near Coxwold) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Grimstone, Grimston, East Gilling, and Cawton.

Alternative names: Gilling in Rydale

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Gilling (near Coxwold) – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Gilling, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Grimstone, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Gilling (near Coxwold) – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 Census for Cawton and Grimston, Coulton, East Ness and Nunnington, Edstone Great, Little …
Author: Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Gilling (near Coxwold) – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gilling, near Coxwold, 1606-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gilling (near Coxwold, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Gilling (near Coxwold), parish registers, 1573-1997
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gilling (near Coxwold, Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

The parish register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gilling (near Coxwold, Yorkshire); Hudson, Egbert Claud

Parish registers for Gilling, near Coxwold, 1573-1966
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gilling (near Coxwold, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Gilling (near Coxwold) – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Gilling near Helmsley or East Gilling, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Gilling (near Helmsley), York, England ; christenings, 1813-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Gilling (near Helmsley), Yorkshire, England ; marriages, 1572-1849
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Helmsley
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Riddal
  • Poor Law Union: Helmsley
  • Hundred: Ryedale
  • Province: York