Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SKELTON

SKELTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2 miles S by W of Saltburn r. station, and 3½ NE of Guisbrough; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Redcar. The township comprises 3,830 acres. Real property, £5,235. Pop. in 1851, 826; in 1861, 1,034. Houses, 221. Pop. in 1868, above 2,500. The parish contains also two other townships, and comprises 10,440 acres. Pop. in 1851, 1,299; in 1861, 1,457. Houses, 310. The property is subdivided. The manor was given, by William the Conqueror, to Robert de Bruce. S. Castle was built, in the 12th century, by one of the Bruces; passed to the Fauconbergs, the Nevilles, and others; was the residence of John Hall Stevenson, the ''Eugenius" of Sterne's ''Tristram Shandy," and the author of '' Crazy Tales; " retains few portions of its original masonry, yet is all very ancient; and belongs now to J. T. Wharton, Esq. Extensive ironstone mining is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York; and till 1868 was united to Brotton. The church was rebuilt in 1755. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £10.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Skelton With Brotton AP/CP       Guisborough RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Skelton in Cleveland

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