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The Ancient Parish of SKELTON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SKELTON, a parish in the wapentake of Bulmer, the township of Skelton is a part in the liberty of St. Peter's and parish of Overton; 4 miles NW. of York. Here is a very beautiful ancient church, built in 1227, and dedicated to St. Peter; the living is a rectory, in the patronage of Mr. Hepworth, and the incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Place. Population, 273.This Church is of considerable antiquity, and said to have been built with the stones that remained after the south cross of York minster had been finished by the archbishop, Walter Gray. Indeed the south door seems to resemble that of the cathedral; alike adorned with curious marble pillars, though now almost demolished. -Gent."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Giles Church, Skelton. (With short history).
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The side chapel
- St. Giles Church, Skelton. (With short history).
- Transcript of the entry for Skelton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The History of Skelton Church.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Skelton.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Skelton to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE570563 (Lat/Lon: 53.999595, -1.131942), Skelton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The Roll of Honour in St. Giles's Church, Skelton.