Skelton-on-Ure

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Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 1 mile west of Boroughbridge, near the A1 road motorway. There is one village pub called The Black Lion, a primary school, and one Village Store including a Post Office counter. The main entrance to Newby Hall Estate is situated at the South end of the village.

The village was used as a location in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (2007) broadcast by PBS in its Complete Jane Austen series.



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