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.
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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].
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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