Gilson, Warwickshire

[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.

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.