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Gilson, Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°30′32″N 1°43′23″W / 52.509°N 1.723°W / 52.509; -1.723
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Gilson is a hamlet in the civil parish of Coleshill, in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.[1][2] It lies between the M42 and the A446, on the B4117 road between the village of Water Orton and the small market town of Coleshill.

History

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The first British record of the now extinct Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk was discovered in Gilson.[3] The settlement was recorded as Gudlesdone in 1232, coming from "Gyddel's Hill," itself a derivative of the name Gydda.[4] In the late Middle Ages, Gilson - a lordship in its own right - contained a cluster of homesteads.[5] By 1840, a Religious Tract Society provided the residents of Gilson, and neighbouring villages and towns, with tracts.[6] Gilson's Coleshill Hall, now Coleshill Manor, was home to the Coleshill Hall Hotel which was a psychiatric hospital established in 1929.[7] It is a Grade II Listed Building.[8][9]

52°30′32″N 1°43′23″W / 52.509°N 1.723°W / 52.509; -1.723

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 139 Birmingham & Wolverhampton (including The Black Country) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231753.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ Field, Gibson, and Gibbard (2017). "East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk". Acta Palaeobotanica. 57 (1): 101-108. doi:10.1515/acpa-2017-0002. hdl:1887/71260. S2CID 5035364.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Gover, Mawer, and Stenton (1970). The Place-Names of Warwickshire, Vol. XIII. Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press. p. 43.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Beaman (Ed), Robert (2009). Warwickshire History Tvo. XIV.2. pp. 58–73.
  6. ^ Sibree and Caston. Independency in Warwickshire: a brief history of the Independent or Congregational churches in that county. Coventry, UK: G. and F. King. p. 383.
  7. ^ Coleshill Hall Hospital. "Coleshill Hall Hospital". The National Archives. Warwickshire County Record Office. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Coleshill Hall Hospital and Attached Coach House and Stable Block (1034696)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ Pevsner, Wedgwood (1996). The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. p. 236.