SKELTON - IN - CLEVELAND
IN HISTORY

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Introduction ~ ~ ~ Introduction, Acknowledgements, Links.
Page 1 10,000 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 L Sterne, Bawdy deeds at Skelton Castle.
Page 20 1736 TO 1773 Smuggling, Great acts of charity.
Page 21 1773 TO 1785 A new Puritan style church for Skelton.
Page 22 1785 TO 1788 The Old Castle destroyed and replaced
Page 23 1788 TO 1801 Napoleon tries to invade Skelton.
Page 24 1801 TO 1801 Skelton's Home defence, 10 Billhooks.
Page 25 1801 TO 1813 Horatio Nelson saves the country.
Page 26 1813 TO 1823 Waterloo, Old tradespeople of Skelton.
Page 27 1823 TO 1841 Wharton's name at Skelton Castle.
Page 28 1841 TO 1850 Typical Life [and Death] of this time.
Page 29 1850 TO 1857 Discovery of 'gold'. The Ironstone Rush.
Page 30 1857 TO 1865 Primitive Methodism.
Page 31 1865 TO 1870 Mine Opening, New Parsonage.
Page 32 1870 TO 1872 Terrace housing. Railway viaduct built.
Page 33 1872 TO 1875 N Skelton mine open. Horrible deaths.
Page 34 1875 TO 1876 Railway service starts. Typical trades.
Page 35 1876 TO 1877 New Methodist Chapel. More offences.
Page 36 1878 TO 1879 Wharton Arms opened. More deaths.
Page 37 1879 TO 1880 N Skelton gets a P Office. Local offences.
Page 38 1881 TO 1882 Population multiplies
Page 39 1881 TO 1881 Census - all the people who lived in Skelton in 1881.
Page 40 1882 TO 1883 Mine Deaths - New Miners' Hospital.
Page 41 1883 TO 1885 New Church in the High Street.
Page 42 1886 TO 1890 The Old Miners at Skelton Park Pit.
Page 43 1890 TO 1890 Skelton Parish News.
Page 44 1890 TO 1890 Park Street, An Ironstone miner's life.
Page 45 1890 TO 1890 Typical village trades of this era.
Page 46 1890 TO 1890 N Skelton and Skelton Green trades.
Page 47 1890 TO 1890 Skelton Green's Blacksmith.
Page 48 1891 TO 1891 The Workhouse. Local complaints.
Page 49 1892 TO 1893 Wharton Death. Sad accident. Treats.
Page 50 1893 TO 1893 Royal Wedding. Cost of Living.
Page 51 1894 TO 1894 The Skelton Volunteers - The Age of Steam.
Page 52 1895 TO 1895 How to stop Juvenile Delinquency starting.
Page 53 1896 TO 1897 Victoria's Jubilee. North Skelton's New 'Tute.
Page 54 1898 TO 1899 New Church Rooms. New Institute.
Page 55 1900 TO 1901 Population, Boer War Hospital.
Page 56 1901 TO 1901 Census - all the people who lived in Skelton in 1901.
Page 57 1901 TO 1902 A New Railway Station at last. Farmworkers' houses.
Page 58 1902 TO 1902 End of Boer War. Coronation.
Page 59 1903 TO 1903 New School system. Telephones coming.
Page 60 1904 TO 1904 Rushpool Hall burnt down.
Page 61 1905 TO 1905 Rushpool Hall Restored. Poaching. Drunk and Disorderly.
Page 62 1906 TO 1908 De Brus memorial re-assembled.
Page 63 1909 TO 1909 Mine Accidents and Skelton Tradesfolk.
Page 64 1909 TO 1909 Murder in Skelton Beck
Page 65 1909 TO 1909 Old folk - Harker St, Cleveland St.
Page 66 1909 TO 1910 Halfpenny Bridge. More deaths.
Page 67 1911 TO 1911 Coronation of George V.
Page 68 1912 TO 1913 More sacrifice of life for Iron.
Page 69 1912 TO 1912 Mines and Railways around Skelton in 1912.
Page 70 1914 TO 1914 World War I, 1914.
Page 71 1915 TO 1915 World War I, 1915.
Page 72 1914 TO 1918 Skelton Men who fought in World War I.
Page 73 1916 TO 1916 World War I, 1916.
Page 74 1917 TO 1917 World War I, 1917.
Page 75 1918 TO 1918 World War I, 1918.
Page 76 1918 TO 1919 Memorials to those who died in World War I.
Page 77 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in Belgium 1.
Page 78 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in Belgium 2.
Page 79 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in England.
Page 80 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 1.
Page 81 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 2.
Page 82 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 3.
Page 83 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 4.
Page 84 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 5.
Page 85 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 6.
Page 86 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Graves and Memorials in France 7.
Page 87 ~ ~ ~ Skelton Memorials in Turkey, Egypt, Poland, Italy and Germany.
Page 88 1919 TO 1920 Stanghow Lane Memorial, Skelton Celtic.
Page 89 1921 TO 1922 Buses start. Village War Memorials unveiled.
Page 90 1922 TO 1926 The Depression.
Page 91 1927 TO 1935 Rise of Labour and Hitler.
Page 92 1936 TO 1937 Pacifism. Local trades of the time.
Page 93 1937 TO 1937 Skelton Shops.
Page 94 1937 TO 1938 Skelton trade folk. Hitler's advance.
Page 95 1938 TO 1941 World War II.
Page 96 1941 TO 1943 World War II.
Page 97 1944 TO 1945 World War II.
Page 98 ~ ~ ~ Index of E-mailed Contributions.
NEW SITE ~ ~ ~ The 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, in the First World War.
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