• small town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England, has been around as far back as 1085, is listed in the Domesday Book, and has roles in history during the...
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    Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe...
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    Skipton Castle is a Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1090 by Robert de Romille, a Norman baron, and...
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    The Skipton Building Society is a building society established in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where it remains headquartered. It is the UK's 4th...
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    Skipton and Ripon is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Julian Smith, a Conservative...
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    A59 road (category Borough of Harrogate)
    "Timeline History of Skipton". Visitor UK. Retrieved 11 April 2017. "Side by Side Map Viewer, Skipton (1937–61 to present day)". National Library of Scotland...
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    Forbes. Retrieved March 23, 2024. William Harbutt Dawson (1882). History of Skipton: (W. R. Yorks.). Simpkin, Marshall. p. 32. John Morehen (2000). Ricercari...
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    Craven District (category Former non-metropolitan districts of North Yorkshire)
    Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton. The name Craven is much older than the modern...
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    Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (category Lists of coordinates)
    part of the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Ilkley which was closed down by British Railways in 1965 over 15 years before the reopening of part...
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    Grassington (section History)
    The opening of the Yorkshire Dales Railway to Threshfield in 1902 brought new visitors, many of whom settled, some finding work in Skipton or in the developing...
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    Royal Air Force Skipton-on-Swale or more simply RAF Skipton-on-Swale is a former Royal Air Force satellite station operated by RAF Bomber Command during...
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    Skipton (/skɪptən/) is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is situated on the Glenelg Highway 166 kilometres west of the state...
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  • The Skipton Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Emus, are an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Skipton, Victoria, currently...
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  • Cliffords of Skipton, Ros of Helmsley, Greystock of Hinderskelfe, Stafford of Holderness and Talbot of Sheffield fought for the Lancastrians. John of Gaunt...
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    ISBN 9781444717099. Retrieved 11 June 2023. Of Sheep and Men: a History of Skipton. by Notman, G.Claude. Skipton, Victoria Claude Notman, 1981 Modern poets...
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    and the parishes of Bracewell and Brogden and Salterforth from Skipton Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire became part of the new Lancashire...
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    Skipton Wood (also known as Skipton Castle Woods, Castle Wood or Springs Wood) is a 36-acre (15 ha) wood following the valley of Eller Beck to the north...
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    Skipton Girls' High School, founded in 1886 by the Petyt Trust, is an all-girls selective grammar school situated in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England...
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    is located in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with that of a church in a neighbouring...
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    Earl of Derby. Henry Clifford; died an infant. Charles Clifford; died an infant. An inventory of Skipton Castle made in 1572 includes a chest of clothing...
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  • situated between Skipton and Keighley, approximately 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from the A629 and 2 miles (3 km) from the nearby town of Skipton. Bradley is divided...
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    Plaza Cinema is a traditional cinema located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It is the sole survivor of four cinemas that once existed in the town....
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    Barnoldswick (category Towns and villages in the Borough of Pendle)
    include Skipton to the east, Clitheroe to the west, Burnley to the south and Keighley to the east-south-east. The civil parish has a population of 10,752...
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  • by Daisy and Rose Theatre Productions at Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 28–30 August 2008. A Catalan adaptation debuted on...
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    Wharfedale to Skipton route through the Pennines. The manorial lords were keen to increase their revenues by exploiting these advantages. The preamble of the charter...
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  • William Ermested (category Canons of Windsor)
    Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Dawson, W. Harbutt (1882). History of Skipton. pp. 224–230. Retrieved 1 September...
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  • by his father and based at Skipton in Craven, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. (The paper, after several changes of title and a merger with its...
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    Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England. It is a stop on the Airedale...
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  • The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) is a campaign that is looking to reopen the Skipton to Colne railway line, as part of connecting...
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    Leeds–Morecambe line (category Transport in the City of Lancaster)
    Skipton, Lancaster and Morecambe in northern England. The service is operated by Northern. The route covered by the service was historically part of the...
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