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Skelton, west North Yorkshire
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skelton is a small hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.[1] It is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park near the larger village of Marske in Swaledale.[2] Along with the other Skelton's in Yorkshire, the name derives from Old English and means The farm on a shelf of land.[3][4]
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During the 17th century, on the moors around Skelton were several lead mines.[5]
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