SKELTON – IN – CLEVELAND IN HISTORY

We are very sorry to report that Bill Danby, the creator of this website, passed away on 11th November 2020.

Realising that his health was failing, Bill had already made arrangements for this website to be handed over to Skelton History Group. We will honour his memory by taking his website into our care, so that the vast resource of information and photographs which he had assembled can remain available for future generations.

More details of Bill’s life can be found in this obituary

Introduction	~	~	~	Introduction – Acknowledgements – Links – C O N T A C T.
Page 1	12,000	TO	410AD	The Ice Age to the Romans.
Page 2	410AD	TO	800	Anglo Saxons and Vikings.
Page 3	~	~	~	Skelton’s Rosetta Stone.
Page 4	800	TO	1066	Conquered and Ruled by Danes.
Page 5	1066	TO	1119	The Norman Conquest.
Page 6	1119	TO	1188	Civil War, Guisborough Priory Founded.
Page 7	1188	TO	1216	King John attacks Skelton.
Page 8	1216	TO	1272	Crusades, Skelton Castle taken over.
Page 9	1272	TO	1291	Skelton Castle lands split four ways.
Page 10	1291	TO	1301	De Brus Tomb. Skelton a Borough ?
Page 11	1301	TO	1342	Skelton descendant becomes a King.
Page 12	1342	TO	1400	The Black Death decimates Skelton.
Page 13	1400	TO	1539	Double insanity at Skelton Castle.
Page 14	1539	TO	1603	Priory destroyed. Trotters buy Skelton.
Page 15	1603	TO	1642	Alum mining in Skelton.
Page 16	1642	TO	1660	Civil War
Page 17	1660	TO	1693	Restoration. Quakers. Vagrants.
Page 18	1693	TO	1713	Whipping Post. Old Church memorials.
Page 19	1713	TO	1736	The Poor of Skelton. Bastardy Act.
Page 20	1736	TO	1747	Jacobite Rebellion. Smuggling.
Page 21	1748	TO	1755	New Church Gallery. Wardens Accounts.
Page 22	1756	TO	1773	Murder most foul. Bawdy deeds at Skelton Castle. School Charity.
Page 23	1773	TO	1773	Skelton Map 1773.
Page 24	1773	TO	1785	A new Puritan style church for Skelton.
Page 25	1785	TO	1788	The Old Castle destroyed and replaced
Page 26	1788	TO	1801	Napoleon tries to invade Skelton.
Page 27	1801	TO	1801	Skelton’s Home defence, 10 Billhooks.
Page 28	1801	TO	1813	Horatio Nelson saves the country.
Page 29	1813	TO	1823	Waterloo, Old tradespeople of Skelton.
Page 30	1824	TO	1841	Wharton’s name at Skelton Castle.
Page 31	1841	TO	1849	Typical Life [and Death] of this time.
Page 32	1850	TO	1857	Discovery of ‘gold’. The Ironstone Rush.
Page 33	Map		1856	Ordnance Survey Map of Skelton in 1856.
Page 34	1857	TO	1864	New Parsonage. First Mines.
Page 35	1865	TO	1867	Primitive Methodism.
Page 36	1868	TO	1869	Halfpenny Bridge, Rushpool Hall Built.
Page 37	1870	TO	1870	Skelton Nuisances, School Boards.
Page 38	1871	TO	1871	Terrace housing. Railway viaduct built.
Page 39	1872	TO	1872	Viaduct and 3 Mines opened.
Page 40	1873	TO	1873	Birth of a Skelton Hero.
Page 41	1874	TO	1874	First School Boards.
Page 42	1875	TO	1875	Railway service starts. Typical trades.
Page 43	1876	TO	1876	Skelton Castle in Hock to the Smugglers.
Page 44	1877	TO	1877	New Methodist Chapel. More offences.
Page 45	1878	TO	1878	Wharton Arms opened. More deaths.
Page 46	1879	TO	1879	Drunk and Riotous – Bankrupt.
Page 47	1880	TO	1880	N Skelton gets a P Office. Local offences.
Page 48	1881	TO	1881	Population multiplies – Felons and Drunken Assaults.
Page 49	Census		1881	Census – all the people who lived in Skelton in 1881.
Page 50	1882	TO	1882	Mine Deaths – New Miners’ Hospital.
Page 51	1883	TO	1883	Kid Catcher – Poaching Affray.
Page 52	1884	TO	1884	New Church in the High Street – Pigeons pinched.
Page 53	1885	TO	1885	Workers get Right to Vote. Child cruelty.
Page 54	1886	TO	1886	The Old Miners at Skelton Park Pit – Lunatic Asylum.
Page 55	1887	TO	1887	Pupil beaten. Begging.
Page 56	1888	TO	1888	Bell death. Band of Hope.
Page 57	1889	TO	1889	County Councils start – Bastardy and Poor Grub.
Page 58	1890	TO	1890	Skelton Parish News – Liberals and Trouble at Pit.
Page 59	1890	TO	1890	Bulmers directory. Old Skelton trades.
Page 60	1890	TO	1890	North Skelton trades.
Page 61	1890	TO	1890	Park Street, An Ironstone miner’s life.
Page 62	1891	TO	1891	The Workhouse. Local complaints.
Page 63	1892	TO	1892	Coal strike. Local starvation. Free breakfasts.
Page 64	1893	TO	1893	Royal Wedding. Cost of Living.
Page 65	1894	TO	1894	The Skelton Volunteers – Steam Fire Engine.
Page 66	Map		1894	Map of Skelton in 1894.
Page 67	1895	TO	1895	How to stop Juvenile Delinquency starting.
Page 68	1896	TO	1896	Sewerage System Complete – Mine Deaths.
Page 69	1897	TO	1897	Victoria’s Jubilee. North Skelton’s New ‘Tute.
Page 70	1898	TO	1898	New Church Rooms, Primitive Methodist Chapel.
Page 71	1899	TO	1899	Boer War Starts, New Institute in Skelton.
Page 72	1900	TO	1900	Death of the Squire. Mafeking. Smuggler Family Suicide.
Page 73	1901	TO	1901	Death of Victoria. Boer War Hospital.
Page 74	Census		1901	Census – All the people who lived in Skelton in 1901.
Page 75	1902	TO	1902	End of Boer War. Coronation. Bye Election controversy.
Page 76	1903	TO	1903	New School system. Telephones coming.
Page 77	1904	TO	1904	Rushpool Hall burnt down – More deaths.
Page 78	1905	TO	1905	Rushpool Hall Restored. Poaching. Drunks.
Page 79	1906	TO	1906	Liberals win. Last service in Old Church.
Page 80	1907	TO	1907	Electricity coming at “high pressure.”
Page 81	1908	TO	1908	4th Yorks Battalion formed.
Page 82	1909	TO	1909	Old Age Pensions. Protection for Children.
Page 83	1909	TO	1909	Murder in Skelton Beck
Page 84	1909	TO	1909	Tradespeople in 1909.
Page 85	1910	TO	1910	Halfpenny Bridge. More deaths.
Page 86	1911	TO	1911	Coronation of George V.
Page 87	1912	TO	1912	Coal Strike – Distress. Cricket Cup.
Page 88	1913	TO	1913	New Drill Hall. Roman Signal Station.
Page 89	Rate Book		1913	The Parish Rate Book for 1913.
Page 90	1914	TO	1914	World War I, 1914.
Page 91	1915	TO	1915	World War I, 1915.
Page 92	1914	TO	1918	Skelton Men who fought in World War I.
Page 93	1916	TO	1916	World War I, 1916.
Page 94	1917	TO	1917	World War I, 1917.
Page 95	1918	TO	1918	World War I, 1918.
Page 96	1918	TO	1919	Memorials to those who died in World War I.
Page 97	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in Belgium 1.
Page 98	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in Belgium 2.
Page 99	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in England.
Page 100	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 1.
Page 101	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 2.
Page 102	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 3.
Page 103	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 4.
Page 104	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 5.
Page 105	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 6.
Page 106	~	~	~	Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 7.
Page 107	~	~	~	Skelton Memorials in Turkey, Egypt, Poland, Italy and Germany.
Page 108	1919	TO	1920	Stanghow Lane Memorial, Skelton Celtic.
Page 109	1921	TO	1921	Village War Memorials unveiled.
Page 110	1922	TO	1923	Rise of Labour.
Page 111	1924	TO	1926	General Strike. Hardship.
Page 112	1927	TO	1928	Votes for Women. Strikes illegal.
Page 113	Map		1928	Map of Skelton in 1928.
Page 114	1929	TO	1929	Wall Street Crash. Labour most Seats.
Page 115	1930	TO	1930	Two million unemployed.
Page 116	1931	TO	1931	Britain close to bankruptcy. Dreaded Means Test.
Page 117	1932	TO	1933	Cellar Explosion, Rise of Hitler.
Page 118	1934	TO	1934	Skelton loses Old Saltburn, Castle Wedding, Tiger Flower.
Page 119	1935	TO	1935	George V Jubilee, Air Raid Precautions.
Page 120	1936	TO	1936	German expansion. Abdication.
Page 121	1937	TO	1937	Skelton Shops.
Page 122	1938	TO	1938	Hitler’s advance. Preparation for War.
Page 123	1939	TO	1939	World War II.
Page 124	1940	TO	1940	World War II.
Page 125	1941	TO	1943	World War II.
Page 126	1944	TO	1945	World War II.
Page 127	~	~	~	INDEX OF EMAILS AND SKELTON STORIES.

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