Gilson, Warwickshire

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