Visit Skidby Places

Welcome to Visit Skidby Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Skidby

  

Skidby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Skidby

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Skidby history

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Skidby is thought to mean dwelling (-bý) of a person called Skítr, (“Skyti’s farm”) the words are of Scandinavian origin. The name ‘Skidby’ is first recorded by Oswald, Archbishop of York in the 10th century, as Scyteby. The church of St Michael dates to 1777, with a tower built in 1827, and a cornmill was constructed in 1821, raised in the 1870s and listed in 1952.

Skidby geography / climate

The modern civil parish includes the village of Skidby and the hamlet of Eppleworth, and Raywell. Most of the parish lies west-south-west of the village in the Yorkshire Wolds, rising from about 160 feet (50 m) above sea level to about 330 feet (100 m) on the western fringes. The remainder of the low-lying area is agricultural use.

Skidby village

Skidby has a single main street, Main Street, running roughly east–west. The eastern end leads to Cottingham, making a crossroads with the former Hessle to Beverley turnpike before a roundabout junction with the A164 road.

You can visit Skidby places with Walkfo Skidby to hear history at Skidby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Skidby has 23 places to visit in our interactive Skidby map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Skidby, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Skidby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Skidby & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Skidby places in an interactive Skidby map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Skidby Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Skidby historic spots	Skidby tourist destinations	Skidby plaques	Skidby geographic features
Walkfo Skidby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Skidby

  

Best Skidby places to visit

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Skidby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Skidby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Skidby’s information audio spots:

Haltemprice Priory Haltemprice Priory was an Augustinian monastery in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The original monastic buildings have long since gone, but ruins of a farmhouse, built in 1584, remain.

De la Pole Hospital De la Pole Hospital was a mental health facility in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was established in the 1920s and 1930s.

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