Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Skelton
Skelton
	Southern End of Skelton
	Skelton Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE766256
• London	155 mi (249 km) S
Civil parish	Kilpin;
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GOOLE
Postcode district	DN14
Dialling code	01430
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Haltemprice and Howden;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′16″N 0°50′26″W / 53.72119°N 0.84065°W

Skelton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilpin, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and a linear settlement on the east bank of the River Ouse. It is situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Howden and 19 miles (31 km) south-east from the county town of York. Skelton lies within the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden, an area placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a Barclays Private Clients survey.^[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 258.^[2]

Civil parish

Skelton was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,^[3] from 1866 Skelton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilpin, Eastrington and Howden.^[4]

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Notes

^ "North tops 'real' rich league". BBC News. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ "Population statistics Skelton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "History of Skelton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Skelton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

Sources

Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.

External links

Media related to Skelton at Wikimedia Commons
Skelton in the Domesday Book

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[1] "North tops 'real' rich league". BBC News. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[2] "Population statistics Skelton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[3] "History of Skelton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[4] "Relationships and changes Skelton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

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