Skelsmergh
SKELSMERGH, a township, in the parish, union, and ward of Kendal, county of Westmorland, 2½ miles (N. by E.) from Kendal; containing 293 inhabitants. It is bounded by the small rivers Kent, Mint, and Sprint, upon which are some corn, worsted, bobbin, and dye-wood mills. Here are the remains of a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist; and at Doddington-Green is a chapel for Roman Catholics.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.