Gilling East is a village and
civil parish in
North Yorkshire, England, on the main
B1363 road between York and
Helmsley, south of
Oswaldkirk and south of Helmsley. It is named "East" to distinguish it from
Gilling West near
Richmond, some away. It had a population of 321 at the
2001 Census, which had risen to 345 at the
2011 census.
In 2015,
North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 360. The village lies in the
Howardian Hills just south of the
North York Moors
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National Park and close to
Ampleforth Abbey and College.
History
The village is mentioned in the
Domesday Book as ''Ghillinge'', and was previously in the
wapentake of Ryedale, not the Wapentake of Gilling East, which is now in present-day Richmondshire.
Gilling Castle is on a hill overlooking the village. It began as a towerhouse built by
Thomas Etton sometime in the fourteenth century. In 1492, it passed to the Fairfax family and remained in their hands until 1793. Most of the castle we see today dates from their period of occupancy. The village used to have a railway station on the
Thirsk and Malton railway, which opened in 1853. A
second railway branching north from railway station went through and then east to
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. The station was closed to passengers in 1953, and closed to goods traffic in 1964.
The local pub, the Fairfax Arms, is at the base of a hill which leads up the drive to
Gilling Castle, formerly St Martins Ampleforth, the
Prep School
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for
Ampleforth College. The
Anglican
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church in the village is
Holy Cross
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There is also a
miniature railway in the village operated by the Ryedale Society of Model Engineers. The RSME railway and club house share the site of the old school, now refurbished as Gilling East Village Hall, on Pottergate, a narrow road running west from the main road alongside the Fairfax Arms.
References
External links
Layout of the village{{authority control
Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Gilling East