SKELTON, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"SKELTON, a parish in the ward of Leath, county Cumberland, 6½ miles N.W. of Penrith, its post town and railway station, and 14 from Wigton. The village is chiefly agricultural. The soil is damp, with a subsoil of clay, freestone, and limestone. The parish contains the townships of Lamonby and Unthank. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £294, in the patronage of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to SS. Mary and Michael, is an ancient stone structure with a tower containing two bells. It formerly contained a chantry, and was restored in 1794. The parochial charities produce about £39 per annum, of which £32 go to the free school for 30 children. Sir H. R. Vane is lord of the manor." "LAMONBY, a township in the parish of Skelton, Leath ward, county Cumberland, 7½ miles N.W. of Penrith. There is a freestone quarry. The population of this township has greatly decreased." "UNTHANK, a township in the parish of Skelton, ward of Leath, county Cumberland, 5 miles N.W. of Penrith."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]