Gilling (Coxwold), North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Gilling, a village, a township, and a parish in N.R. Yorkshire. The village stands 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; money order office, Ampleforth; telegraph office, Gilling station. The township includes the village. Acreage, 2072; population, 221. The parish contains also the townships of Grimston and Cawton. Population, .396. 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 a fine building, chiefly of the Tudor period, with a keep of the time of Edward II., beautifully situated 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. It is now the property of the Wilson family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross yearly value, £630 with residence. 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 was restored in 1876.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Gilling (Coxwold) from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Gilling (Holy Cross))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette