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Skelton (car)
Skelton may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Skelton, Cumbria, England ** Skelton Transmitting Station, a radio transmitter and the tallest structure in the UK * Skelton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * North Yorkshire, England ** Skelton, Richmondshire ** Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton, Harrogate ** Skelton, York ** Skelton-in-Cleveland or Skelton *** Skelton Castle United States * Skelton, Indiana * Skelton Township, Warrick County, Indiana * Skelton Township, Carlton County, Minnesota * Skelton, West Virginia Antarctica * Skelton Icefalls, Warren Range, Victoria Land * Skelton Glacier, Victoria Land * Skelton Inlet, Victoria Land, the terminus of the Skelton Glacier People * Skelton (surname), a list of people * Skelton Knaggs (1911–1955), English actor * Skelton Yorke, penname of British botanist Margaret Plues (1840–1903) Other uses * Lord of Skelton, a title of peerage in Plantagenet England for the Bruce Dynasty at Skelton, York * , a British sailing trade ship wrecke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton, Cumbria
Skelton is a small village and civil parish about north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about to the north. The parish had a population of 1,059 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,153 at the 2011 Census. The village has a primary school, pub, and Anglican and Methodist churches. Close to the village is the Skelton transmitting station and the stately home of Hutton-in-the-Forest, the family home of Lord Inglewood. Skelton Agricultural Show is one of the largest in Cumbria and takes place on the first Saturday in July at Hutton-in-the-Forest. The large parish of Skelton includes the villages and hamlets of Ellonby, Ivegill, Lamonby, Unthank, Unthank End, Skelton Wood End, Laithes, Hutton End, Hutton Row, New Rent, Braithwaite and Middlesceugh. In 1934 the parish absorbed the former civil parishes of Hutton-in-the-Forest, and Middlesceugh and Braithwaite, plus part of Dalston. Hutton-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton, West Virginia
Skelton is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 19, north of downtown Beckley. It has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... with ZIP code 25919. The community was named after Skelton, England, the native home of a mining official. References Unincorporated communities in Raleigh County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{RaleighCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelton (other)
Shelton may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Shelton, North Bedfordshire, in the parish of Dean and Shelton, Bedfordshire * Lower Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire * Upper Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire * Shelton, Norfolk * Shelton, Nottinghamshire * Shelton, Shropshire * Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire United States *Shelton, Connecticut *Shelton, Nebraska *Shelton, Washington People Surname General * Alfred Shelton (1865–1923), English international footballer * Amy Shelton, U.S. cognitive psychology professor * Anne Shelton (1475–1555), aunt of Anne Boleyn and mother of Henry VIII's mistress, Mary Shelton; wife of Sir John Shelton * E. Dolby Shelton (1856–1944), English printer, publisher, and activist * George M. Shelton (1877–1949), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient * Herbert M. Shelton (1895–1985), Prominent American health educator, pacifist, vegetarian, and advocate of raw foodism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of Skelton
The Lord of Skelton was a title in the Peerage of England held by: *Robert de Brus Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Kingdom of Eng ... (??-1141/1142) * Adam I de Brus (1142-1167) *Adam II de Brus (1167-1188) * Peter I de Brus (1188-1222) * Peter II de Brus (1222-1240) * Peter III de Brus (1240-1272) References *''The Bruses of Skelton and William of Aumale'', Yorkshire Archeology Journal (2001) {{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton English feudal baronies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Yorke
Margaret Mary Plues (ca. 1840 – 1903) was a British botanist and writer known primarily for her popularizing botanical books, especially those on the ferns and grasses of Great Britain. She also wrote under the pseudonym Skelton Yorke. She spent the latter part of her life working with Catholic establishments providing relief to the poor. Biography Margaret Mary Plues was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, to the Rev. William Plues and Hannah (Swire) Plues. She had at least seven siblings, and she lived much of her adult life with one or another of them. In her early twenties, she published books for the general public on her botanical collecting trips, with titles beginning ''Rambles in Search of...''. Plues was writing in an era when books popularizing science were taking off as a genre, and her work compares to that being done by such authors as Phoebe Lankester and Elizabeth and Mary Kirby. Plues later wrote more scientific volumes on British ferns and grasses that covered such top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Knaggs
Skelton Barnaby Knaggs (27 June 1911 – 30 April 1955) was an English stage actor who also appeared in films, especially in horror films. Biography Knaggs was born in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, England. Knaggs moved to London where he trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and subsequently became a Shakespearean actor. In addition to appearing on stage in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'', Knaggs appeared in a few British films, including an uncredited role as a German orderly in Michael Powell's '' The Spy in Black''. At some point he moved to Los Angeles, California, and found work as a character actor in Hollywood. Diminutive and distinctive-looking, with a strongly featured pock-marked face and charismatically voiced with an English Midlands provincial accent, he was cast in sinister roles, often in horror films. These ranged from uncredited bit parts to prominent roles in the Sherlock Holmes thriller '' Terror by Night'', the all-star mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton (surname)
Skelton is the surname of: *Aaron Skelton (born 1974), English former footballer * Arnoldus Jones Skelton (c. 1750–1793), English Member of Parliament *Arvonne Fraser (née Skelton; 1925–2018), American women's rights activist * Aylmer Skelton (1884–1959), Anglican bishop *B. R. Skelton (born 1933), American politician *Barbara Skelton (1916–1996), English memoirist, novelist and socialite, mistress of King Farouk of Egypt *Betty Skelton (1926–2011), American women's land speed record holder, aerobatics aviator and aviation record holder *Bevil Skelton (1641–1696), British diplomat and army officer *Bill Skelton (1920–2003), British Second World War RAF navigator credited, with pilot Branse Burbridge, with 21 victories *Bob Skelton (swimmer) (1903–1977), American swimmer, Olympic champion and world record holder * Byron George Skelton (1905–2004), American judge * Cameron Skelton (born 1995), New Zealand rugby union player * Carol Skelton (born 1945), Canadian poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Inlet
Skelton Glacier () is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Naming and exploration Skelton Glacier was named after the Skelton Inlet by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956–58. The glacier was chosen in 1957 as the New Zealand party's route from the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau. The Arctic Institute of North America organized two ground traverses in the antarctic summer of 1959–60 sponsored by the United States Antarctic Research Program. The first left New Zealand's Scott Base on 16 October 1959, crossed part of the Ross Ice Shelf, and on 27 October 1959 reached the foot of the Skelton Glacier. They traversed up the heavily crevassed glacier to a fuel cache deposited on the edge of the Victoria Land plateau by planes of the United States Navy and Air Force. From there they travelled more than to the end station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Skelton Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 372 as of the 2000 census. Skelton Township was named for John and Harry E. Skelton, two brothers who were both employed as county officials. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.0 square miles (90.6 km), of which 35.0 square miles (90.6 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) (0.09%) is water. The northwest quarter of the city of Barnum is located within Skelton Township geographically but is a separate entity. Adjacent townships * Mahtowa Township (east) * Barnum Township (southeast) * Moose Lake Township (south) * Silver Township (southwest) * Kalevala Township (west) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 372 people, 128 households, and 107 families residing in the township. The population density was 10.6 people per square mile (4.1/km). There were 160 housing units at an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Transmitting Station
The Skelton Transmitting Station is a radio transmitter site at near Skelton, Cumbria, England, about north-west of Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith, run by Babcock International and owned by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence. Shortwave broadcasts from this station ended on 30 March 2023, replaced by Woofferton transmitting station, Woofferton. Skelton's lattice mast is the List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom, tallest structure in the UK. History Construction The site was built by J. L. Eve Construction during the Second World War, for long-distance short-wave transmissions, across Europe. Transmissions In 1946, the BBC was heralding the site as being "the World's largest and most powerful (shortwave) radio station". The main purpose of it was shortwave broadcasting. The site was capable of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on at least 3955 kHz and 3975 kHz (75m broadcast band) beamed at 121° towards Germany and Central Europe. On Amp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
