Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the

Harrogate district The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. Its population at the census of 2011 was 157,869. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate, but it also includes surrounding towns and v ...

of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Boroughbridge, near the

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motorway. There is one village pub called The Black Lion, a primary school, and one Village Store including a Post Office counter. The main entrance to

Newby Hall Newby Hall is a country house beside the River Ure in the parish of Skelton-on-Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles south-east of Ripon and 6 miles south of Topcliffe Castle, by which the manor of Newby was originally held. A Grade ...

Estate is situated at the south end of the village. It was used as a location in

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's '' Mansfield Park (2007)'' broadcast by PBS in its ''Complete Jane Austen'' series. North-east of the village is Skelton Windmill, a

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windmill that was owned by the Newby Hall estate. Completed in 1822, the grade II listed building was used to grind corn and other cereals and is the best example of such a windmill left in North Yorkshire.

Notable residents

Frederick John Robinson Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced ), the name by which he is best known to ...

(The Viscount Goderich), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1827–28, was born in Newby Hall

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Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{harrogate-geo-stub