Explore Skipton’s past online. Here are some links.
We regularly post photos from our own collections on our Facebook page
Welcome to Skipton has a What’s On and a Town Trail with some information about interesting sites
Watkinson Collection of old photos of Skipton (Copyrighted) and their modern equivalents
Rowley Collection has photos of Old Skipton
Facebook page Old Skipton Pics
Aerial views of Skipton from the early 1900s
Skipton Library Local History section
Francis Frith photos of Old Skipton
Skipton Castle history page
Guide to walking Skipton’s canals at http://www.mikeclarke.myzen.co.uk/Skipton.pdf
Red Lion, High Street history page
Castle Inn, High Street history and poem on old local pubs
Local family history with Wharfedale Family History Group
Skipton Building Society history page
Ermysted’s School history page
Books by Ella Hatfield on Skipton in local shops, from Skipton Civic Society or from online booksellers
Skipton Union Workhouse (Gainsborough Court in Gargrave Road) history
Thomas Spencer of Marks and Spencer was a Skipton lad
Dewhurst Cotton’s Belle Vue Mill
Aireville Park and its facilities
Little Theatre in Cavendish Street history
Christchurch (Keighley Road) history