Place:Skelton, North Yorkshire, England

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NameSkelton
Alt namesSchiltonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 309
Sciltonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 309
TypeVillage
Coordinates54.0°N 1.118°W
Located inNorth Yorkshire, England
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Skelton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York, in North Yorkshire, England. It is north northwest of the city of York, west of Haxby, and on the east bank of the River Ouse. Skelton was in the ancient royal Forest of Galtres and covers 977.3 hectares (3.77 square miles). Skelton was made a conservation area in 1973.

The village name probably began as the Anglo-Saxon 'Shelfton' – 'the settlement on high ground'– becoming the present 'Skelton' under the invading Danes. The village, along with nearby Overton, is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,640. Between 1974 and 1996 it was in the Ryedale district and prior to 1974 in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

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