In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gilling like this:
GILLING, a village and a township in Richmond district, and a parish partly also in Northallerton and Darlington districts, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on Gilling beck, 3 miles N by E of Richmond town and r. station; dates from Saxon times; and has a post office under Richmond, Yorkshire. ...
The township includes the village, and comprises 4, 440 acres. Real property, £7, 397. Pop., 899. Houses, 192. The parish contains also the townships of Eryholme and North Cowton, and the chapelry of South Cowton. Acres, 10, 095. Real property, £13, 850. Pop., 1, 554. Houses, 3 41. The property, in the several townships, is divided among a few. A castle, said to have been a seat of Saxon earls, stood on a hill nearly a mile south of the village; but has disappeared. Oswy, king of Deira, was murdered here by Oswin of Bernicia; and Queen Ethelfleda, in penance for the crime, built here a monastery, which was destroyed by the Danes. Gillingwood Hall here was a seat of the Whartons; was burnt in last century; and is now represented by a farm-house. Gilling beck is an affluent of the Swale; and has a south-eastward run of about 9 miles. Freestone, of good building quality, is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £1, 029.* Patron, J. T. Wharton, Esq. The church has Norman features; contains a number of old monuments; and is good. The p. curacies of Eryholme, South Cowton, and Forcett-with-Hutton-Magna, are separate benefices. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Hartforth school has £125 from endowment; and other charities have £46.
Gilling through time
Gilling is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gilling itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gilling, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12711
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
Not where you were looking for?
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Gilling".