Skelton Explained

Skelton may refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Skelton, Cumbria, England
  • Skelton Transmitting Station, a radio transmitter and the tallest structure in the UK
• Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
• North Yorkshire, England
  • Skelton, Richmondshire
  • Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton, Harrogate
  • Skelton, York
  • Skelton-in-Cleveland or Skelton
    • Skelton Castle

United States

• Skelton, Indiana
• Skelton Township, Warrick County, Indiana
• Skelton Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
• Skelton, West Virginia

Antarctica

• Skelton Icefalls, Warren Range, Victoria Land
• Skelton Glacier, Victoria Land
• Skelton Inlet, Victoria Land, the terminus of the Skelton Glacier

People

• Skelton (surname), a list of people
• Skelton Knaggs (1911–1955), English actor
• Skelton Yorke, penname of British botanist Margaret Plues (1840–1903)

Other uses

• Lord of Skelton, a title of peerage in Plantagenet England for the Bruce Dynasty at Skelton, York
• , a British sailing trade ship wrecked in 1828

See also

• , a British merchant ship
  • Shelton (disambiguation), a sixteenth-century alternate spelling
• Skeleton (disambiguation)
• Skilton, a surname derived from Skelton