Skelton is a small hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

[1] It is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park near the larger village of Marske in Swaledale.

[2] Along with the other Skelton's in Yorkshire, the name derives from Old English and means The farm on a shelf of land.

[3][4] During the 17th century, on the moors around Skelton were several lead mines.

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