The skelton Surname
skelton Name Meaning and History
Northern English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and
Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton,
but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian
influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four
or five centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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