Skyreholme

Skyreholme is a hamlet in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Appletreewick, in the small side valleys formed by Skyreholme Beck and Blands Beck, which meet in the hamlet to form Fir Beck, a short tributary of the River Wharfe. Parcevall Hall is at the north end of the hamlet, and Skyreholme Beck flows through the limestone gorge of Trollers Gill just to the north.

Skyreholme
Skyreholme from Simon's Seat
Skyreholme Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE066605
Civil parish	Appletreewick
District	Craven
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Dialling code	01756
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon

The toponym, first recorded in 1540, is of Old Norse origin, from skírr "bright" and holmr "water-meadow", and so means "bright water-meadow".[1] Skyreholme was historically in the township of Appletreewick in the large ancient parish of Burnsall in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

In the early 19th century the hamlet had a substantial population (234 in the 1841 census). The main industry was a cotton and calico mill. To serve this population a chapel of ease was built in 1837.[2] The chapel closed in 1897, but from 1867 the building was also used as a school, which continued until 1967.[3]

References

1. Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
2. John Townend. "Christ Church Chapel Skyreholme". History. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
3. John Townend. "Skyreholme School 1867-1967". History. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

Media related to Skyreholme at Wikimedia Commons

• Skyreholme village website