Place:Skinningrove, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameSkinningrove
Alt namesSkiningrovesource: typo
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.57°N 0.9°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoBrotton, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish in which it was a township
Langbaurgh East Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Loftus, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district in which it was located 1894-1974
Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1996
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Skinningrove is now a village in North Yorkshire, England. Its name is Viking-influenced and is thought to mean skinners' grove or pit. It is part of Loftus civil parish in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and had a population of 340 in an estimate dated 2006.

The village had an agricultural and fishing economy until the opening of local ironstone workings in 1848 initiated an industrialisation boom. A railway was built by 1865, and iron smelting began in 1874. A jetty on the coast built in 1880 allowed seagoing vessels to carry heavy cargoes from the area. Mining continued until 1958 and primary iron production until the 1970s. Over its history 6.2 million tons of ironstone was extracted from Skinningrove. (See also: Skinningrove Steelworks)

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Skinningrove from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SKININGROVE, a township in Brotton parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the coast, 7½ miles NE by E of Guisbrough. Acres: 171. Real property: £225. Population: 86. Houses: 16."

Skinningrove was originally a township in the ancient parish of Brotton in the Langbaurgh East Wapentake. In 1894 it became part of the urban district of Loftus. This lasted until 1974 when this part of the North Riding of Yorkshire was redefined as the new county of Cleveland. Cleveland was abolished in 1996 and was replaced by the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

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This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the North Riding to be found online. The volumes are divided into sections by wapentake (early divisions of the county) and the parishes within each wapentake follow in alphabetical order. The links above open to the indexes covering all the wapentakes in the volume.
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ancient or ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each ancient parish there is a list of the settlements (townships and chapelries) within it and brief description of each. Many of these secondary settlements became civil parishes during the latter half of the 19th century.
These notes are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright, but this should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions which also include historical population and area statistics. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
  • Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Another provider of maps is the National Library of Scotland. In this index the Scottish provision precedes the English one, but the choice of maps for England is still quite vast.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
  • In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
  • The chapter of the Victoria County History dealing with Brotton parish. It includes many references to Skinningrove.
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