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Skelton-on-Ure
Yorkshire
West Riding
The Black Lion, Skelton-on-Ure.jpg
The Black Lion, Skelton-on-Ure
Location
Grid reference: SE360683
Location: 54°6’34"N, 1°26’59"W
Data
Population: 361  (2011, with Westwick)
Post town: Ripon
Postcode: HG4
Local Government
Council: Harrogate

Skelton-on-Ure is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, sitting halfway between Ripon to the north-west and Boroughbridge to the south-east.

To the west of the village is the delightful course of the broadening River Ure from which this village takes the suffix of its name, and to the east, comfortably away from the village, is the A1(M) motorway.

There is one village pub called The Black Lion, primary school (Skelton Newby Hall Church of England School), and one village store including a Post Office counter.

The main entrance to Newby Hall Estate is situated at the south end of the village. It was used as a location in a television adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park broadcast by PBS in 2007.[1]

North-east of the village is Skelton Windmill, a Georgian windmill that was owned by the Newby Hall estate. Completed in 1822, the grade II listed building was used to grind corn and other cereals and is the best example of such a windmill left in this region of Yorkshire.[2][3][4]

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