Gayles | |
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Location within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 180 |
OS grid reference | NZ123075 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Richmond |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Gayles is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Gayles is established in the district ward of Gilling West.[1] This small village consists of 80 households,[2] with a total population (including Kirby Hill) of 180 according to the 2011 UK census.[2] The area also includes two farms by the names of Gayles Hall Farm and Slip Farm.[3] The village is roughly 10 miles (16 km) west of Darlington.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Gayles as follows:
GAYLES, a township in Kirkby Ravensworth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles NW by N of Richmond, North Yorkshire. Acres, 2,467. Real Property , £2,160. Pop., 197. Houses, 45.[4]