Skelton
SKELTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Marsk, union of Richmond, wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York; containing 70 inhabitants. This village stands about a mile west of that of Marsk, a little to the north of the road between Richmond and Reeth, and upon the south-western bank of a tributary of the Swale. It has a mansion of considerable antiquity, formerly owned successively by the families of Williams, Bathurst, Turner, and Stapleton.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.