High Street, Gilling West
Introduction
The photograph on this page of High Street, Gilling West by Mick Garratt as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 4 Jun 2015
Gilling was mentioned in the Domesday Book and was once the principal seat of the Kings of Deira, the southern part of the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria. This would have been in the 7th century.