Gillamoor

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title: "Gillamoor" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-north-yorkshire", "civil-parishes-in-north-yorkshire"] description: "Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-north-yorkshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillamoor" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Gillamoor
country	England
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
static_image_name	High Street, Gillamoor - geograph.org.uk - 1243528.jpg
static_image_caption	The High Street in Gillamoor
population	156
population_ref	(2011 Census)
map_type	North Yorkshire
map_alt	WP:ALT --
coordinates
label_position
post_town	YORK
postcode_area	YO
postcode_district	YO62
dial_code	01751
constituency_westminster	Thirsk and Malton
civil_parish	Gillamoor
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
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| official_name = Gillamoor | country = England | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | static_image_name = High Street, Gillamoor - geograph.org.uk - 1243528.jpg | static_image_caption = The High Street in Gillamoor | population = 156 | population_ref = (2011 Census) | os_grid_reference = | map_type = North Yorkshire | map_alt = WP:ALT -- | coordinates = | label_position = | post_town = YORK | postcode_area = YO | postcode_district = YO62 | dial_code = 01751 | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | civil_parish = Gillamoor | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | hide_services = Gillamoor is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 3 mi north of Kirkbymoorside on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The population of the parish as taken at the 2001 census was 168, dropping to 156 at the 2011 census was 156. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 150 people.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having 15 villagers and seven ploughlands. The name derives from Old English Getla's inga mōr; the moor of Getla's people (Getla being a personal name). In the 12th and 13th centuries, the spelling of the village was Gillemore. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/St_Aidan's_Church,Gillamoor-geograph.org.uk-_497950.jpg" caption="St. Aidan's church"] ::

In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, Gillamoor had water delivered via a channel cut by Joseph Foord. He created many miles of gently sloping leats that carried water from the moors into Fadmoor, Gillamoor and Kirkbymoorside. In 2000, the natural spring in the village was abandoned for a cut into the aquifer under the Vale of Pickering for fresh water.

Gillamoor is well known for its 'Surprise View'. At its eastern end, the road turns sharply to reveal an enchanting view of the eastern entrance to Farndale. The church wall plaque, close-by, reads:

Thou, who hast given me eyes to see and love this sight so fair, give me a heart to find out thee, and read thee everywhere.

The little church was rebuilt single-handedly in 1802 by James Smith of Farndale. The interior of St Aidan's Church, Gillamoor includes items from an earlier church, such as a balustrade that dates to 1682. The church was renovated again in 1880 and is now a grade II listed structure. A most unusual, complex, four-faced sundial stands by the roadside in the centre of the village. Like the church, this is now a grade II listed structure.

Apart from the Royal Oak pub, the church, and the school, all buildings in the village are residential. Most of the village is within the boundaries of the North York Moors National Park. The former Wesleyan chapel in the village is now used as the school.

References

References

1. "Gillamoor Parish".
2. "Genuki: Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire (North Riding)".
3. "Gillamoor Parish".
4. (December 2016). "2015 Population Estimates Parishes".
5. "Gillamoor {{!}} Domesday Book".
6. (1960). "The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names". Oxford University Press.
7. "Parishes: Kirkby Moorside {{!}} British History Online".
8. (23 September 2005). "Currents of history". The Yorkshire Post.
9. (24 August 2006). "Gillamoor : A village standing proud and unspoilt". Gazette & Herald.
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12. (19 April 2018). "Dining Out: The Royal Oak, Gillamoor". The Filey & Hunmanby Mercury.
13. (16 October 2019). "Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School URN: 121493".
14. "The Ryedale Local Plan - inset 36 Gillamoor".
15. (28 March 2019). "Methodist chapel reopens following make-over". York Press.

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