East Gilling

East Gilling Wapentake shown within the North Riding and Yorkshire

East Gilling is a wapentake of the North Riding of Yorkshire, adjacent to the border with County Durham. Surrounding wapentakes are West Gilling to the west; Allertonshire to the east; Birdforth and Hallikeld to the south; and Hang East to the south-east. East Gilling had a population of 9,401 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Ainderby Steeple
• Catterick (Bolton-on-Swale, Ellerton-on-Swale, Kiplin, Scorton, Uckerby, and Whitwell townships)^*
• Croft
• Danby Wiske
• Easby (Brompton-on-Swale township)^†
• East Cowton
• Gilling (except Gilling and Hartforth townships)^‡
• Great Langton
• Great Smeaton (Great Smeaton township)^§
• Kirkby Wiske (except Newsham with Breckenbrough township)^‖
• Manfield (except Cliffe township)^‡
• Middleton Tyas
• Stanwick St John (Barton township)^†

^*: Remainder in Hang East.
^†: Remainder in West Gilling.
^‡: In West Gilling.
^§: Remainder in Allertonshire and Langbaurgh wapentakes.
^‖: In Birdforth.