Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skelton

Skelton, par., township, and vil., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 704 ac., pop. 261; township (partly in Overton par.), 2473 ac., pop. 313; vil., 4 miles NW. of York; P.O.; in vicinity is Skelton Hall, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Skelton AP/CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Skelton By York

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