{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | 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 for England and Wales|2011 Census]])<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007579|title=Gillamoor Parish|accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> | os_grid_reference = | map_type = North Yorkshire | map_alt = <!-- alt text for map, for visually impaired and other readers who cannot see the image; see </nowiki>[[WP:ALT]]<nowiki> --> | coordinates = {{coord|54|18|04|N|0|57|10|W|display=inline,title}} | label_position = <!-- adjust position of label by dot – defaults to right --> | post_town = YORK | postcode_area = YO | postcode_district = YO62 | dial_code = 01751 | constituency_westminster = [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]] | civil_parish = Gillamoor | unitary_england = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]] | lieutenancy_england = [[North Yorkshire]] | hide_services = <!-- Set as "yes" (without quotemarks) to suppress inclusion of Police/Fire/Ambulance details, otherwise omit. --> }} '''Gillamoor''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the county of [[North Yorkshire]], England. It is situated about {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of [[Kirkbymoorside]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirkbymoorside |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=24 January 2020 }}</ref> on the edge of the [[North York Moors National Park]]. The population of the parish as taken at the [[2011 Census of the United Kingdom|2001 census]] was 168,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=36UF040|title=Gillamoor Parish|accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> dropping to 156 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 156.<ref name="NOMIS"/> In 2015, [[North Yorkshire County Council]] estimated the population of the parish to be 150 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=24 January 2020|page=16 |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gillamoor {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6890/gillamoor/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> The name derives from [[Old English]] ''Getla's inga mōr''; the moor of Getla's people (Getla being a personal name).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=196 |edition=4}}</ref> In the 12th and 13th centuries, the spelling of the village was ''Gillemore''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parishes: Kirkby Moorside {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp511-517 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> [[File:St Aidan's Church, Gillamoor - geograph.org.uk - 497950.jpg|thumb|left|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 [[leat]]s 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Currents of history |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/currents-of-history-1-2535694 |accessdate=24 January 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=23 September 2005 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
Gillamoor is well known for its 'Surprise View'.<ref name="GH"/> 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.''<ref name="GH">{{cite news |title=Gillamoor : A village standing proud and unspoilt |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/892449.gillamoor-a-village-standing-proud-and-unspoilt/ |accessdate=24 January 2020 |work=Gazette & Herald |date=24 August 2006 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Aidan|num=1316034|grade=II|accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> A most unusual, complex, four-faced sundial stands by the roadside in the centre of the village.<ref name="GH"/> Like the church, this is now a grade II listed structure.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Sundial approximately 20 meters south of Dial House|num=1149014|grade=II|accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
Apart from the [[Royal Oak, Gillamoor|Royal Oak]] pub,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lumby |first1=Rebecca |title=Dining Out: The Royal Oak, Gillamoor |url=https://www.fileymercury.co.uk/lifestyle/dining-out-the-royal-oak-gillamoor-1-9124335 |accessdate=24 January 2020 |work=The Filey & Hunmanby Mercury |date=19 April 2018 }}</ref> the church, and the school,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School URN: 121493 |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121493 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |accessdate=24 January 2020 |date=16 October 2019}}</ref> all buildings in the village are residential. Most of the village is within the boundaries of the [[North York Moors National Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ryedale Local Plan - inset 36 Gillamoor |url=http://www.imagine-ryedale.org.uk/localplan/insetwritten36.htm |website=www.imagine-ryedale.org.uk |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> The former Wesleyan chapel in the village is now used as the school.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Darley |first1=Karen |title=Methodist chapel reopens following make-over |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/17517464.gillamoor-methodist-chapel-reopens-following-make-over/ |accessdate=24 January 2020 |work=York Press |date=28 March 2019 }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Listed buildings in Gillamoor]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Gillamoor}}
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[[Category:Villages in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire]]