# Skipwith

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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Skipwith
| static_image_name        = The Parish Church of Skipwith and North Duffield - geograph.org.uk - 196371.jpg
| static_image_caption     = St Helen's parish church
| label_position           = top
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.8387|-0.9966|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = SE6638
| population               = 266
| population_ref           = ([2011 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011))<ref name=ONS>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007767|title=Skipwith Parish|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Skipwith
| unitary_england          = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_District)
| lieutenancy_england      = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire)
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| country                  = England
| constituency_westminster = [Selby](/source/Selby_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town                = [Selby](/source/Selby)
| postcode_district        = YO8
| postcode_area            = YO
| dial_code                = 01757
| website                  = [http://www.skipwithpc.org.uk/ Skipwith]
}}

'''Skipwith''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) about {{convert|4|mi}} north-east of [Selby](/source/Selby) and {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south-east of [York](/source/York) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England. It was historically in the East Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Skipwith, in Selby and East Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14232|access-date=25 November 2020|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> After the [1974 local government reorganisation](/source/Local_Government_Act_1972) Skipwith was in the [Selby District](/source/Selby_District) of the [shire county](/source/shire_county) of [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire). In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a [unitary authority](/source/unitary_authority).

The name Skipwith derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) ''scēp[wīc](/source/w%C4%ABc)'' meaning '[sheep](/source/sheep) trading settlement'. ''Wīc'' was later changed to the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) ''viðr'' meaning 'wood'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20ER/Skipwith|title=Skipwith |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref>

==Manor==
The [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) records that by 1086 Robert de Stutville held a [carucate](/source/carucate) of land at Skipwith.<ref name=Allison>{{harvnb|Allison|1976|pp=89–101}}</ref> His family held a manor here until 1229, when it passed to Hugh Wake by his marriage to Joan de Stutville.<ref name=Allison/> In 1325 it passed to [Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent](/source/Edmund_of_Woodstock%2C_1st_Earl_of_Kent) by his marriage to [Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell](/source/Margaret_Wake%2C_3rd_Baroness_Wake_of_Liddell).<ref name=Allison/> It remained with his heirs until 1418,<ref name=Allison/> a decade after their line became extinct with the death of [Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent](/source/Edmund_Holland%2C_4th_Earl_of_Kent) in 1408.<ref name=Allison/>

==Churches==

===Church of England===
The oldest parts of [St Helen's Church, Skipwith](/source/St_Helen's_Church%2C_Skipwith) are [Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon_architecture). The west tower began as a porch, but in the 11th century upper stages were added to turn it into a tower.<ref name=Pevsner341>{{harvnb|Pevsner|1972|p=341}}</ref> The tower is linked with the [nave](/source/nave) by a characteristic Saxon plain [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) round arch,<ref name=Pevsner341/> so the [nave](/source/nave) must also have originally been Saxon.  St Helen's parish is now part of a joint [benefice](/source/Benefice) with the parish of [Bubwith](/source/Bubwith) with [Ellerton](/source/Ellerton%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire) and [Aughton](/source/Aughton%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.achurchnearyou.com/skipwith-st-helen/ |title=St Helen, Skipwith |work=A Church Near You |author=Archbishops' Council |author-link=Archbishops' Council |publisher=[Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) |year=2010 |access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>

thumb|Wesleyan chapel of 1876, now the Methodist church

===Methodist===
Two families in Skipwith were [Methodists](/source/Methodism) by 1764.<ref name=Allison/> The village's Methodists worshipped in each other's homes until 1833, when a [Wesleyan Methodist](/source/Wesleyan_Methodist_Church_(Great_Britain)) chapel was built.<ref name=Allison/> In the 1860s the Vicar of St Helen's claimed that 300 or 400 of the villagers were Methodists.<ref name=Allison/> In 1876 the first chapel was replaced with a larger brick one next to the parish school.<ref name=Allison/>

The chapel is now Skipwith [Methodist Church](/source/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain).<ref name=Allison/> It is a member of the [Goole](/source/Goole) and [Selby](/source/Selby) [Methodist Circuit](/source/Methodist_Circuit).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gooleselbymethodist.org.uk/churches.php?id=113 |title=Skipwith Methodist Church. |work=Churches |publisher=Goole and Selby Circuit |year=2013 |access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>

==Historic secular buildings==
[[File:The Drovers' Arms, York Road, Skipwith - geograph.org.uk - 196493.jpg|thumb|The Drovers Arms [gastropub](/source/gastropub)]]
[Skipwith Hall](/source/Skipwith_Hall%2C_Skipwith) is an early 18th century house of seven bays and two and a half storeys,<ref name=Pevsner341/> flanked by a three-bay wing on each side.<ref name=Pevsner342>{{harvnb|Pevsner|1972|p=342}}</ref> It is now a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Listed_building).<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1172750 |desc=Skipwith Hall |date=25 October 1951 |accessdate=27 October 2013}}</ref>

A school and schoolmaster's house built in 1714,<ref name=Pevsner342/> founded and endowed by the bequest of a Dorothy Wilson.<ref name=Allison/><ref>{{NHLE |num= 1148468 |desc=Village Hall and School House |date=17 December 1966 |accessdate=27 October 2013}}</ref> In the 1851 its pupils included 11 [boarders](/source/Boarding_school), and in the 1860s a separate classroom for girls was added.<ref name=Allison/> In 1871 the school had 54 pupils but in 1872 this fell to only 30.<ref name=Allison/> From the 1900s to the 1930s the school averaged 30–40 pupils, but in 1938 this had declined to 26.<ref name=Allison/> In 1957 the school was closed and its pupils were transferred to [Thorganby](/source/Thorganby%2C_North_Yorkshire).<ref name=Allison/> Since 1959 the school has served as the village hall.<ref name=Allison/>

{{convert|0.5|mi|m}} south-west of the village is the site of [RAF Riccall](/source/RAF_Riccall), a training airfield that was a heavy bomber conversion unit in the Second World War. The site is now a [national nature reserve](/source/national_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom)) known as Skipwith Common.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Richard |title=Former Skipwith Common RAF base is given reserve status |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4804342.former-skipwith-common-raf-base-is-given-reserve-status/ |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=York Press |date=18 December 2009 }}</ref>

==Amenities==
Skipwith has a [public house](/source/public_house), the Drovers Arms, which is now a [gastropub](/source/gastropub).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedroversarmsskipwith.com/ |title=Drovers Arms at Skipwith|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Skipwith](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Skipwith)
*[Skipwith railway station](/source/Skipwith_railway_station)
*[Skipwith Common](/source/Skipwith_Common)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources and further reading==
*{{cite book |editor-last1=Allison |editor-first1=K.&nbsp;J. |last1=Baggs |first1=A.&nbsp;P. |last2=Kent |first2=G.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;R. |last3=Purdy |first3=J.&nbsp;D. |title=A History of the County of York East Riding |volume=3 Ouse and Derwent wapentake, and part of Harthill wapentake |series=[Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History) |year=1976 |pages=89–101 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23011 |ref={{harvid|Allison|1976}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1972 |title=Yorkshire: York & the East Riding |series=[The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides) |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=0-14-071043-4 |pages=340–342 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Skipwith}}
*[http://www.skipwithpc.org.uk Skipwith Parish Council]
*[http://friendsofskipwithcommon.org.uk/history Friends of Skipwith Common]

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