In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Skipwith like this:
SKIPWITH, a township and a parish in the district of Selby and N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3½ miles N of Duffield-Gate r. station, and 5 NE of Selby; has traces of possession by the ancient Britons; was held by Patrick de Schwywyc immediately after the Norman conquest; and gives name to the Skipwiths of Newbold. ...
Acres, 2,569. Real property, £2,006. Pop., 299. Houses, 61. The parish contains also the township of North Duffield, and comprises 5,789 acres. Post town, Selby. Pop., 769. Houses, 157. The property is sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a Saxon tower. There are an endowed school with £14 a year, and charities £21.
Skipwith through time
Skipwith is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Skipwith itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Skipwith, in Selby and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14232
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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