Skelton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilpin, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and a linear settlement on the east bank of the River Ouse.

It is situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Howden and 19 miles (31 km) south-east from the county town of York.

Skelton lies within the constituency of Goole and Pocklington.

[1] Skelton was formerly a township in the parish of Howden,[2] from 1866 Skelton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kilpin, Eastrington and Howden.

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