Explore Skelton, York Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Skelton, York plaques & local Skelton, York history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Skelton, York.
About Skelton, York
Skelton is four miles (6.4 km) north-north-west of the city of York, west of Haxby. The village was in the ancient royal Forest of Galtres and covers 977.3 hectares (3.77 sq mi) The village name probably began as the Anglo-Saxon ‘Shelfton’—’the settlement on high ground’—becoming the present ‘Skelton’ under the invading Danes.
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Skelton, York history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Skelton, York plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Skelton, York’s physical Skelton, York plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Skelton, York the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Skelton, York plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 19 unique history facts in Skelton, York plus 1 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Skelton, York history map for you to explore.”