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The Ancient Parish of SKELTON IN CLEVELAND

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"SKELTON IN CLEVELAND, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 3 miles NE. of Guisborough. Skelton castle was built by the second Robert de Brus, the son of Robert de Bruss, a Norman Baron, who accompanied William the Conqueror to England." (There is further information for Skelton In Cleveland).

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"FREEBROUGH HILL, (or Freeburgh Hill) in the township of Moorsholme, and parish of Skelton in Cleveland; 4¼ miles SSE. of Skelton in Cleveland, 4 miles from Skelton.

Conjectured by some to have been a Druidical work. It is a detached mountain of a conical form, having a natural rock on its top now worked as a quarry."

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"GARRICK, (later Girrick, 2005 - Gerrick), a small hamlet in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland, wapentake of Langbargh; 4¾ miles SE. of Skelton in Cleveland."

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"GREAT MOORSHOLM, (later just Moorsholm) in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland, wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 3½ miles SE. of Skelton in Cleveland, 6 miles E. of Guisborough; a long straggling village, about one mile to the SW. of it stands the beautiful conic mountain, commonly called Freebrough hill, which serves as a sea mark to the sailors who frequent the neighbouring coast. Pop. 353."

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"LITTLE MOORSHOLM, a farm house in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland, township of Great Moorsome, East division of Langbarugh; 2½ miles SE. of Skelton in Cleveland, 4½ miles from Guisborough."

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"MANLESS GREEN, (later Skelton Green), in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; ¼ mile SSE. of Skelton in Cleveland."

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"SALTBURN, in the parishes of Skelton in Cleveland and Brotton, wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 1½ miles NW. of Brotton, 6 miles NE. of Guisborough; situated upon the sea near Huntcliffe, inhabited chiefly by fishermen. (Please note that Saltburn by the sea did not exist in 1823. See Marske by the Sea parish, Bulmer's 1890 transcription for information)."

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"STANGHOW, in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland, wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 2½ miles SE. of Skelton in Cleveland, 5 miles ENE. of Guisborough; is pleasantly situated on an eminence, and affords a variety of beautiful scenery. The lord of the manor is J. Wharton, Esq. M. P. of Skelton Castle. Population, 91."

Archives and Libraries

• The Friends of Teesside Archives exists to promote and assist Teesside Archives and to promote conservation of documents etc in the Cleveland county area. Its volunteers, among other things, help with the indexing of parish records, rate books, electoral rolls and other records of interest to family and local historians.

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • All Saints' Church, Skelton in Cleveland - view 1.
  • The new All Saints' Church, Skelton in Cleveland - view 2.
  • The old All Saints' Church, Skelton in Cleveland, (now dis-used).
  • The Methodist Church, Skelton. Originally Wesleyan, founded in 1877.
  • The ex-Primitive Methodist Church, Skelton. Founded in 1865, now flats.
  • St. Peter's Church, North Skelton.
  • The Christian Fellowship Pentacostal Church, North Skelton.
  • United Reform Church, Lingdale.
  • St. Aidan's Church, Boosbeck. The Church was locked at Easter, no key available.
  • The ex-Primitive Chapel, Boosbeck.
  • St. Mary's Church, Moorsholm. The Church was locked at Easter, no key available.
  • The Methodist Church, Moorsholm, originally Primitive Methodist.
  • The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Skelton Green.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Skelton in Cleveland.

Description and Travel

• The Skelton weather information is available from the Newlands Weather Station.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in White's Directory of 1840.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1890.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Skelton in Cleveland and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Cleveland FHS