Gilling West is a large village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury.
The village was the seat of power for Edwin, Earl of Mercia.
The artist William Sawrey Gilpin lived and was buried there.
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