The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Gilling East, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Gilling East is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Gilling East.

Listed Buildings Near Gilling East

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Gilling East. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

Church of the Holy Cross - 0.42 km
Gilling Castle - 0.57 km

Grade II

Milepost Approximately 320 Metres South of Church of Holy Cross - 0.14 km
Gateposts and railings to Gilling Castle - 0.42 km
War Memorial - 0.42 km
The Old Rectory - 0.44 km
Stable Block to the Old Rectory - 0.45 km
Garden Seat in Grounds of Gilling Castle, Approximately 50 Metres 50 Metres South-west of House - 0.51 km
Clock Tower to Gilling Castle - 0.64 km
Gilling Bridge - 0.93 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Gilling East

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Gilling East:

Cross in churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross - 0.41 km

Gilling East Today

Today Gilling East lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 196 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Gilling East on Wikipedia .