Skidby Parish information from Bulmers' 1892.

SKIDBY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892.

Wapentake of Harthill (Hunsley Beacon Division) - County Council Electoral Division of Rowley - Petty Sessional Division of South Hunsley Beacon - Poor Law Union and County Court District of Beverley - Rural Deanery of Kingston-upon-Hull - Archdeaconry of the East Riding - Diocese of York.

This parish and township lies between Cottingham and Rowley, and formerly included a detached portion of land called Skidby Carr or Skidby Jugs, containing about 300 acres, lying on the west side of the river Hull. This was, by a Local Government Order, dated 5th December, 1879, amalgamated with Cottingham. The area of the parish is 1,179 acres, the rateable value £1,877, and the population in 1891 was 327. The soil is loamy, and the subsoil clay; the chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, who are lords of the manor; Arthur Wilson, Esq., M.F.H., Tranby Croft; Major Peploe; Mrs. T. Crust, Beverley; and Richard Usher, are the principal landowners.

In Domesday Book, Schitebi (Skidby) is returned as a berewick belonging to the manor of Beverley. The Canons of the collegiate church of that town owned a considerable part of the land, which they retained possession of till the dissolution of that body at the Reformation. The manor was subsequently given to Trinity College, Cambridge, under whom it is held by copyhold, under the custom of gavelkind, and subject to arbitrary fines.

The village is situated about four miles south from Beverley, two-and-a-half miles east from Little Weighton station, on the Hull, Barnsley, and West Riding Junction railway, and about the same distance from Cottingham station, on the Hull and Beverley branch of the North-Eastern railway. The church of St. Michael is an ancient structure, partly built of stone and partly of brick, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and a western embattled tower, containing one bell. The exterior is plain, and presents the appearance of having undergone many restorations. The tower is of brick and was built in 1827, and the porch in 1777. The church was reseated in 1855, for the accommodation of 200 persons. There are 122 free seats for the poor. The interior presents an appearance of neatness and comfort, which one scarcely expects to find beneath so mean an exterior. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £200, in the gift of the vicar of Cottingham, and held, since 1891, by the Rev. Christopher Cay, LL.B., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

The Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1814. The Baptists built a chapel in 1819, but this building is now an unpicturesque ruin. The Manor House is a handsome modern building, occupied by Mr. Frederick Stamford.

The school, with teacher's residence, was erected in 1849, for the accommodation of 120 children. There are about 70 in average attendance. John Marshall, in 1803, left £150 navy five per cent. annuities for the benefit of this school.

Large quantities of strawberries and raspberries are grown here for the supply of Hull market.

[Description(s) from Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)]

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