Gilling (near Coxwold) Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Gilling (near Coxwold) or Gilling in Rydale 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 registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish Registers

Gilling Parish Register 1573-1812

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].

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