Skipton

noun

a market town in N England, in North Yorkshire: 11th-century castle. Pop: 14 313 (2001)

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Examples from the Web for skipton

Historical Examples of skipton

A practice prevailed at Skipton similar to the one we have described at Beverley.
Bygone Punishments
William Andrews
Do you think you can convey him, without suspicion, to his nurse Maud, at Skipton?
The Grateful Indian
W.H.G. Kingston
On August 3rd she left Skipton, arriving at Pomfret on the 5th.
In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt
And the other, him with the beard, it is Lockwood of Skipton.
Sir Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Nothing like black and white, you know," he added, aside to Skipton.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain
William Carleton