Skelton (All Saints)
SKELTON (All Saints), a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer, N. riding of York, 3¾ miles (N. W. by N.) from York, on the road to Easingwould; containing 89 inhabitants. The parish is bounded by the river Ouse on the south and west, on which sides it is also skirted by the York and Newcastle railway. It comprises 2406 acres; the surface is level, the soil a strong clay, and the lands well wooded. The township of Skelton is partly in this parish, but chiefly in that of Overton; and contains 367 inhabitants: it is celebrated for its rural beauty, and is the residence of many genteel families. Skelton Hall was the site of a monastery attached to St. Mary's Abbey at York; it has a park of 100 acres. The living is a rectory; net income, £116; patron, Joshua Hepworth, Esq. The church is a small but very handsome edifice, a curious model of the early English style, with decorated portions; it is sometimes called Little St. Peter, having been built with the stone that remained after the erection of the south transept of York Minster. Two gold coins of Edward I. were lately found near the surface of the land; and a Roman urn, containing ashes, was discovered in 1841.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.