Skelden, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Skelden, a township in Ripon parish, in the W.R. Yorkshire, 6¼ miles WSW of Ripon station on the N.E.R. Acreage, 990; population, 38. The Marquis of Ripon is lord of the manor.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: