Definition of "Skelton"

Any of several villages in England:

1. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY4335).  examples

2. A linear village on the River Ouse in Kilpin parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE7625).  examples

3. A village and civil parish in city of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5756).  examples

4. A town, otherwise known as Skelton-in-Cleveland, in Skelton and Brotton parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ6619).  examples

A place in the United States:

1. An extinct town in Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, now flooded by Gibson Lake.  examples

2. A township in Warrick County, Indiana.  examples

3. A township in Carlton County, Minnesota.  examples

4. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.  examples

A habitational surname from Old English from the place names.  examples