Skelton, Cumberland Family History Guide

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Skelton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland.

Other places in the parish include: Lamonby and Unthank.

In 1934 the parish absorbed the former civil parishes of Hutton-in-the-Forest; and Middlesceugh and Braithwaite; plus part of Dalston.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1580
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SKELTON, a township and a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland. The township lies 3½ miles NNW of Blencow r. station, and 6½ NW of Penrith; and has a post-office under Penrith. Real property, £1,927. Pop., 282. Houses, 64. The parish contains also two other townships, and comprises 6,326 acres. Pop., 719. Houses, 152. The manor belongs to Sir H. R. Vane. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £294. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church was restored in 1794. There are an endowed school with £32 a year, and charities £7.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SKELTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland; containing, with the townships of Lamonby and Unthank, 788 inhabitants, of whom 314 are in Skelton township, 6¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Penrith. Freestone and limestone are obtained here.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £43. 3. 6½.; net income, £294; patrons, the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The tithes of Skelton township have been commuted for £110, and the glebe consists of 33 acres. The church is an ancient structure, thoroughly repaired in 1794: it formerly contained a richly-endowed chantry. A free school, erected in 1750 by Isaac Milner, was endowed in 1817 by the Rev. Joseph Nelson with £1000, now producing upwards of £32 a year.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Skelton Parish Registers

The Registers of the Parish Church of Skelton, Cumberland 1580 to 1812 Transcribed, as regards the Parish Registers, by Henry Brierley, B.A., and as regards the Bishops’ Transcripts, by R. Morris Richardson, Esq., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Printed and Published with the consent of the Rev. T. S. Ostle, M.A., Rector of Skelton, and issued to the subscribers to the Parish Register Section of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 1912. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Administration

  • County: Cumberland
  • Civil Registration District: Penrith
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Carlisle
  • Rural Deanery: Allerdale
  • Poor Law Union: Penrith
  • Hundred: Leath Ward
  • Province: York