St Luke's Church, Skerton
St Luke's Church is an active Anglican church in the suburb of Skerton in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is a grade II listed building. It was built in 1833 as the parish church of Skerton which was at the time a township in the hundred of Lonsdale (hundred), Lonsdale. Skerton became part of the City of Lancaster in 1974. Skerton now forms a suburb of Lancaster. References External linksChurch Facebook page
Grade II listed churches in Lancashire, Lancaster Diocese of Blackburn, Lancaster Churches in Lancaster, Lancashire 19th-century Church of England church buildings 1833 establishments in England {{Lancashire-struct-stub ...
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Skerton
Skerton is an area in the north of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, on the other side of the River Lune to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. Skerton Bridge takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre. Origin of the name The origin of the name is based on Old Norse sker, Skerton meaning the ''tun by the reefs'' (i.e. sand banks in the River Lune which ran through the original Township). The history of the Township to 1914 is shown in the Victoria County History. Neighbouring Lancaster annexed parts of Skerton in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the Township was divided between Lancaster and adjacent parishes. The records, show variants the name over time, 'Skerton' (1200), 'Skereton' (1292), 'Storton' (1201), and 'Sherton' (1292). Of those evolutions of the original Norse name Skerton is the modern version. History 1066 to 1297 After the Conquest of ...
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