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]
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^Beaman (Ed), Robert (2009). Warwickshire History Tvo. XIV.2. pp. 58–73.
^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.
^Coleshill Hall Hospital. "Coleshill Hall Hospital". The National Archives. Warwickshire County Record Office. Retrieved 1 January 2021.