Skelton is a small village and
civil parish
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about north west of
Penrith in the English county of
Cumbria
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. 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
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,
pub
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, and
Anglican
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and
Methodist
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churches.
Close to the village is the
Skelton transmitting station
The Skelton Transmitting Station is a radio transmitter site at near Skelton, Cumbria, England, about north-west of Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith, run by Babcock International and owned by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of De ...
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
Dalston () is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas i ...
.
Hutton-in-the-Forest included New Rent, Hutton End and Hutton Row and was bordered on the east by
Hesket-in-the-Forest. "Forest" refers to the ancient
royal hunting ground of
Inglewood Forest
Inglewood Forest is a large tract of mainly arable and dairy farm land with a few small woodland areas between Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle and Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith in the England, English non-metropolitan county of Cumbria or ancient county ...
which included all of the present-day Skelton.
Governance
An
electoral ward
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in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the confines of Skelton Parish with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,497.
See also
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Listed buildings in Skelton, Cumbria
References
External links
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Cumbria County History Trust: Skelton(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Inglewood Forest
Villages in Cumbria
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