Place:Gilling East, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Gilling East is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of 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.^[1] 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 National Park and close to Ampleforth Abbey and College.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Gilling East was part of Helmsley Rural District. Historically, it was an ecclesiastical parish in the Ryedale Wapentake.

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• The registration district was Helmsley and the sub-registration district was Oswaldkirk until 1909, and then Helmsley.