Skelton (or Skelton in Cleveland) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skelton (or Skelton in Cleveland)

Skelton (or Skelton in Cleveland), market town, par., and township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NE. of Guisbrough - par., 15,724 ac., pop. 15,333; township, 4203ac., pop. 7820; town, pop. 9374; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday. Skelton is a local government district, and has extensive iron mines. Skelton Castle (12th century), once the property of the Fauconbergs, has been greatly modernised.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"market town, parish and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units:	Skelton With Brotton Parish Yorkshire Ancient County
Place names:	SKELTON \| SKELTON IN CLEVELAND \| SKELTON OR SKELTON IN CLEVELAND
Place:	Skelton in Cleveland

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