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The Ancient Parish of SKIPTON

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"SKIPTON, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's Fee, (Skipton Castle, the seat of the Earl of Thanet,) 10 miles NW. of Keighley, 11 from Guisburn, 12¾ from Colne, (Lanc.) 13 from Hopper Lane Inn, 15 from Otley and Pateley Bridge, 16 from Settle and Kettlewell, 19 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 41 from York, 220 from London. Market, Saturday. Fairs, first Saturday after the old twelfth day, called Black Saturday, March 13, Saturday before Palm Sunday, Tuesday in Easter Week, and every other Tuesday until Whitsuntide, for lean cattle; Saturday before Whitsun eve, Saturday before Trinity Sunday, Old Saint James' Day, and Martinmas Day, viz. November 21, and 23, and every other Tuesday, throughout the year, for fat cattle, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Chippendale, Netherwood, and Carr, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Lombard Street. Principal Inns, Black Horse, Hotel, and Devonshire Hotel. Pop. 3,411. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Craven, value, ~£10. 12s. 6d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford." (There is further information for Skipton).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Barden Barden Pike Lodge Beamsley Berwick Bolton Abbey Bolton Bridge Bow Bridge Broadshaw Catgill Cawder Hall Chelker Close House Cobbs Houses Cragg House

Croft House Deerstones Draughton Drebley Eastby Embsay Halton East Hambleton House Hawpike Hazelwood Heugh High Gate High Snaygill Holme Bridge

Howgill Ickering Gill Lobwood Low Snaygill Morretts Pace Gate Skibeden Stank House Stirton Storiths Strid Cottage Summerscales Thorlby

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • Holy Trinity Church, Skipton (view 1).
  • Holy Trinity Church, Skipton (view 2).
  • Trintity Methodist Church, Skipton.
  • St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Skipton. In 1836, having already bought the land, Charles Robert TEMPEST laid the corner stone of this church. He paid in excess of £900 for the building of it, his sister Frances Barbara paid £500 and his brother Walter Joseph contributed £100. The church was completed in 1843.
  • Christ Church, Skipton.
  • St. Mary and St. Cuthbert's Church, Bolton Abbey.
  • St. Mary and St. Cuthbert's Church, Bolton Abbey.
  • St. Mary and St. Cuthbert's Church, Bolton Abbey.
  • St. Augustine's Church, Draughton.
  • St. Mary the virgin's Church, Embsay.
  • The Methodist Church, Embsay.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • Holy Trinity Church (with St. Augustine's, Draughton).
  • Trinity Methodist Church, Skipton.
  • St. Andrew's Church, URC and Methodist.
  • Embsay Methodist Church.
  • St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church.
  • Christ Church, Skipton

Church Records

• A transcript of the Dole Board in Holy Trinity church (by Angela Petyt).
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Bolton Abbey.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Skipton.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of:
  • Skipton.
  • Bolton Abbey and Barden Tower
• There are photographs of the Skipton area available for free download from the freefoto.com website.
• Skipton (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)
• Skipton on line.

Directories

• A transcript of the Skipton entry from the British Directory for 1784 (by Angela Petyt).
• A transcript of the Skipton entry from the Universal British Directory for 1793 (by Angela Petyt).
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• 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 1837.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in The Craven Household Almanack Directory of 1911.

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 White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory of the West Riding.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

History

• Here is the Skipton extract from " The Annals of Yorkshire" published in 1862.
• The Rowley Collection - an online gallery of over 500 historic old photos of Skipton, all fully indexed and thumnbnailed. The photos in the collection include images of the Churches, but as diverse as Edwardian Skipton and local football, cricket teams of the 1920s and 30s.

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 Skipton and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Occupations

• Sylvester Petyt and his Charity includes list of over 600 apprentices in the Skipton area 1726-1755.

Societies

• This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
  • Keighley and District FHS
  • Wharfedale FHG