Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Skelton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marske

Historical Forms

Scelton', Skelton' 12 Easby 1260 ib

Etymology

v. Skelton (Bulmer) 16supra . The meaning here is possibly 'farm on the shelving terrain of land.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Marske