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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