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Area, 1,070 acres. Gilling West wapentake. -Population, 632 ; Church-room, 120; Net value, £150. -The Church was appropriated to Eggleston Abbey, 8th March 1729, and a Vicarage ordained therein.Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale.
Valued in the King's Books, at £4. 0s. 10d.
The glebe house is fit for residence.
The Register Books commence in 1668.
Charities:
Ralph Spenceley's rent charge, 10s. per annum.Bull Ings do., 10s. per annum.
Mount Pleasant do., 10s. per annum.
Hutchinson's do., by will, 1st March 1744, 5s. per annum, (in wheaten bread). -Vide 7th Report, page 670.
References:
Torre's MS., page 1669. Nonae Roll, page 233. Whitaker's Richmondshire, vol. i. page 144.