Skelton, west North Yorkshire

Skelton
Skelton
	Skelton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ095008
Civil parish	Marske;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Richmond
Postcode district	DL11
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°24′12″N 1°51′17″W / 54.40328°N 1.85467°W

Skelton is a small hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.^[1] It is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park near the larger village of Marske in Swaledale.^[2] Along with the other Skelton's in Yorkshire, the name derives from Old English and means The farm on a shelf of land.^[3]^[4]

During the 17th century, on the moors around Skelton were several lead mines.^[5]

References

^ "Genuki: Marske, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ "History of Skelton, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 73. ISBN 9781840337532.
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 424. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
^ "Mining and Smelting in the Markse Area, Swaledale" (PDF). www.nmrs.org.uk. 1994. p. 33. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

This Richmondshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.