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Skelton Library - Geograph
Skelton may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Skelton, Cumbria, England **Skelton Transmitting Station, a radio transmitter and the tallest structure in the UK *Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England *North Yorkshire, England **Skelton, Richmondshire **Skelton-on-Ure, Harrogate **Skelton, York **Skelton and Brotton, parish in Redcar and Cleveland ***Skelton-in-Cleveland *** Skelton Castle ***North Skelton United States *Skelton, Indiana *Skelton Township, Warrick County, Indiana * Skelton, West Virginia People Surname * Aaron Skelton (born 1974) *Arvonne Fraser (née Skelton; 1925–2018), American women's rights activist * Aylmer Skelton (1884–1959) *B. R. Skelton (born 1933) * Barbara Skelton (1916–1996) *Betty Skelton Erde (1926–2011), women's land speed record holder and aviator * Bevil Skelton (1641–1696) *Bill Skelton (1920–2003) * Byron George Skelton (1905–2004) *Cameron Skelton (born 1995), rugby player *Carol Skelton (born 1945) * Charles Skelton (1806– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton, Cumbria
Skelton is a small village and civil parish about north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about to the north. The parish had a population of 1,059 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,153 at the 2011 Census. The village has a primary school, pub, and Anglican and Methodist churches. Close to the village is the Skelton transmitting station and the stately home of Hutton-in-the-Forest, the family home of Lord Inglewood. Skelton Agricultural Show is one of the largest in Cumbria and takes place on the first Saturday in July at Hutton-in-the-Forest. The large parish of Skelton includes the villages and hamlets of Ellonby, Ivegill, Lamonby, Unthank, Unthank End, Skelton Wood End, Laithes, Hutton End, Hutton Row, New Rent, Braithwaite and Middlesceugh. In 1934 the parish absorbed the former civil parishes of Hutton-in-the-Forest, and Middlesceugh and Braithwaite, plus part of Dalston. Hutton-in-th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Skelton Erde
Betty Skelton Frankman Erde (June 28, 1926 – August 31, 2011) was a land speed record holder and aerobatics pilot who set 17 aviation and automobile records. She was known as "The First Lady of Firsts", and helped create opportunities for women in aviation, auto racing, astronautics, and advertising. Early years She was born Betty Skelton in Pensacola, Florida on June 28, 1926. Her parents were teenagers and she was their only child. As a toddler, she was fascinated by the airplanes that flew over her home near the Naval Air Station and preferred model airplanes over dolls. When she turned eight, she started reading books on aviation and made her parents realize that she was serious about flying. Whenever they could, the family spent time at the municipal airport. She would talk pilots into letting her ride on local flights. Kenneth Wright, a Navy ensign, took a special interest in the Skeltons and provided instruction to Betty and her parents. He allowed her to solo in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Skelton
Harry Skelton (born 20 September, 1989) is a British jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. Skelton was the 2020-2021 British Champion Jump Jockey. Career Skelton started his racing career with Richard Hannon on the flat, before switching to jump racing and joined his brother, Dan, who was assistant trainer to Paul Nicholls in Somerset. In 2009, he became the youngest winner of the Irish Grand National on Niche Market trained by Bob Buckler. In 2011, he won his first Grade 2 race with Celestial Halo in the National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell Park. In 2013, Skelton joined his brother who had set up Dan Skelton Racing in Warwickshire as the new yards lead jockey. Skelton has won a number of Grade 1 races including four at the Cheltenham Festival. In 2021, he was crowned British champion jump Jockey for the first time, riding 152 winners in the season. In the same year, Skelton was awarded "Jump Jockey of the Year" at the Lester Awards. Personal life Skelton is the son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Skelton
George Alfred Skelton (27 November 1919 in Thurcroft, near Rotherham, Yorkshire – 1994) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town & Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio .... 1919 births 1994 deaths People from Thurcroft English footballers Association football forwards English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Sportspeople from Yorkshire {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Skelton
Geoffrey David Skelton (1916–1998) was a British author and translator. He specialized in German music, writing biographies of Richard Wagner, Cosima Wagner, Wieland Wagner and Paul Hindemith. He also translated numerous plays by leading German-language writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch and Peter Weiss. He won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize twice, the first one for his translation of Robert Lucas' biography of Frieda Lawrence and the second one for Siegfried Lenz's novel ''The Training Ground''. Translations * ''Frieda Lawrence'' by Robert Lucas * ''Cosima Wagner's Diaries: A New Selection'' by Cosima Wagner * ''Man in the Holocene'' by Max Frisch * ''Sketchbook 1966–1971'' by Max Frisch * ''Selected Letters of Paul Hindemith'' by Paul Hindemith * ''Bluebeard: A Tale'' by Max Frisch * ''The Training Ground'' by Siegfried Lenz * ''As You Were: A Farce'' by Johann Nestroy * ''Arden Must Die'', opera libretto by Erich Fried Co-translations * ''Marat/Sade'' by Peter Weiss ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Skelton
Gavin Richard Skelton (born 27 March 1981) is an English football coach, manager, and former professional footballer. As a player, he was primarily deployed as a defensive midfielder. He is the first-team coach of Carlisle United. Skelton's playing career including a seven-year spell at Gretna as well as stints at Carlisle United, Workington (two spells), Kilmarnock, Hamilton Academical, Barrow and Queen of the South. Skelton began his managerial career at Workington. After a stint as assistant manager at Queen of the South, Skelton was then manager of the club from April to November 2016. Playing career Skelton was born on 27 March 1981, in Carlisle, England. He started his career at Carlisle United as a trainee. In 1997, after three years at Brunton Park he moved to non-League club Workington Reds and one year later joined then Northern Premier League outfit Gretna. Gretna joined the Scottish Football League in 2002, eventually gaining promotion to the Scottish Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Skelton
Lieutenant-General Dudley Sheridan Skelton, (8 August 1878 - 2 March 1962) was a British Army officer, author and physician. Skelton was educated at Bloxham School. He commissioned into the British Army as a lieutenant ''on probation'' in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 1 September 1902. Skelton served in the First World War in the Royal Artillery, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. He was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in August 1917, and transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was promoted to colonel in 1930. In 1935 he became Honorary Surgeon to George V. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1936 Birthday Honours, while serving as Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, India. He retired as a Lieutenant-General on 13 October 1937. Skelton was a descendant of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. His niece was the writer Barbara Skelton Barbara Olive Skelton (26 June 1916 – 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Skelton
Craig Skelton (born 14 September 1980) is an English footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for a large number of clubs, mostly in the north east of England. Football career Darlington As a youngster with Darlington, the Middlesbrough-born Skelton was a regular goalscorer for the junior teams. Celtic's city rivals Rangers also showed an interest, but an ankle injury prevented further progress. He returned to Scotland for further trials after his recovery, but no move ensued. In February 2000, Skelton signed on loan for Conference Premier club Altrincham: his debut, playing in midfield in a home defeat to the division's bottom club, Welling United, was described in the local newspaper as "a baptism of fire for Skelton, who could add nothing to an ineffective Robins attack, and found himself in referee Clattenburg's book for an over-zealous challenge". He appeared in four Conference matches without scoring. In Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Skelton
Charlie Skelton is a comedy writer, journalist, artist and actor from Suffolk, England. Early work A University of Oxford graduate, he started out as a journalist, writing features for the '' Evening Standard'' and '' The Guardian''. Career Skelton writes for several television programmes, including '' Have I Got News For You'', '' 8 Out of 10 Cats'', ''10 O'Clock Live'' and '' The Big Fat Quiz of the Year''. He has also written for '' A League of Their Own'', '' The Eleven O'Clock Show'', and '' FAQ U'', and he was one of the writers on the '' MTV Europe Music Awards 2004''. In 2009, he began to report on the Bilderberg Group for The Guardian (series title: Our Man at Bilderberg), with his first article entitled "Our man at Bilderberg: in pursuit of the world's most powerful cabal". He has covered all the subsequent Bilderberg Group conferences: the 2010 conference in Sitges, Spain; the 2011 conference in St Moritz, Switzerland; the 2012 conference in Chantilly, Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Skelton
Charles Skelton (April 19, 1806 – May 20, 1879) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Skelton was born in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania on April 19, 1806. He moved to Trenton, New Jersey about 1829, where he attended the country schools and Trenton Academy. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and moved to Philadelphia in 1835. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1838 and commenced the practice of his profession in that city. He returned to Trenton in 1841, and was superintendent of the Trenton Public Schools in 1848. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1855. After leaving Congress, he was a member of the common council from 1873-1875. He died in Trenton on May 20, 1879, and was interred in City Cemetery in Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Skelton
Carol Skelton, (born December 12, 1945 in Biggar, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. She is a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee which oversees the operation of Canadian Security Intelligence Service. She formerly served as Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2008, and was the Minister of National Revenue from 2006 to 2007. She was first elected in the 2000 federal election by 68 votes over incumbent Dennis Gruending of the New Democratic Party in the riding of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, as a member of the Canadian Alliance. She was deputy leader of the Canadian Alliance for six months in 2003 before that party disbanded itself to merge into the new Conservative Party of Canada. She was re-elected in the 2004 federal election by over 2,000 votes in a rematch against Gruending. She is the former official opposition critic of Family Issues, Children and Youth, Human Resources Development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Social Economy, Western Economic Diver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Skelton
Cameron Skelton (born 8 March 1995 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a professional rugby union player who plays for Counties Manukau. He is the brother of Australian international second-row Will Skelton and represented the Samoa national under-20 team at the 2014 Junior World Rugby Championship. Born in New Zealand, he moved with his family to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... at the age of 7. He is noted for his immense size, and at 207 cm (6 ft 9 ½ in) in height, and 153 kg (24 st 2 lb, 338 lb) in weight, he is both taller and heavier than older brother Will. He wears a size 17 (UK) boot. He is eligible to play for Australia, New Zealand or Samoa. He was signed by the Waikato Chiefs in the Summer of 2014. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
