Skinningrove

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Skinningrove
Location within North Yorkshire
Population460  [1]
OS grid reference NZ711199
Civil parish
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA
Postcode district TS13
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54°34′12″N0°54′00″W / 54.570000°N 0.900000°W / 54.570000; -0.900000

Skinningrove is a village in the civil parish of Loftus, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its name is of Old Norse etymology and is thought to mean skinners' grove or pit. [2]

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Demographics

In 1951 the parish had a population of 2,011. [3]

History

The village had an agricultural and fishing economy until the opening of local ironstone workings in 1848 initiated an industrialisation boom. A railway was built by 1865, and iron smelting began in 1874. A jetty on the coast built in 1880 allowed seagoing vessels to carry heavy cargoes from the area. Mining continued until 1958 and primary iron production until the 1970s. [1]

Skinningrove was formerly a township in the parish of Brotton, [4] in 1866 Skinningrove became a separate civil parish. [5]

Oarfish

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Skinningrove showing the North Sea in the background

On 17 February 2003, a rarely seen oarfish was caught by angler Val Fletcher, using a fishing rod baited with squid. [6] The fish was 11 ft 4 in (3.3 m) long and weighed 140 lb (63.5 kg). Graham Hill, the science officer at the Deep, an aquarium in Hull, said that he had never heard of another oarfish being caught off the coast of Britain. The Natural History Museum in London said that it would have been interested in preserving the fish in its permanent collection; however the fish had been 'cut up into steaks' before any scientists could examine it.

Landmarks

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Beach of Skinningrove

The Land of Iron (formerly the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum and the Tom Leonard Mining Museum) describes the village's mining heritage, providing a unique underground experience and an insight into how 6.2 million tons of ironstone was extracted from Skinningrove. The village has a large natural sand beach used for recreational fishing and a beck, which occasionally floods, notably in 2000. It also has the Riverside Building Community Centre which is on the site of a former school. There is a Methodist chapel which has services on a Sunday at 18:00. There is also a cafe, a community centre and general dealers and post office. The Cleveland Way National Trail passes through the village.

Culture and events

From 1982 to 2019 Skinningrove hosted a bonfire and fireworks display which attracted hundreds of people from around North Yorkshire. Each year the bonfire was based on a different theme. The bonfire was axed for good from 2023 due to safety concerns, and local infrastructure being unable to cope with the large crowds. The Cleveland Way runs through the village. [7]

Photographer Chris Killip created an unpublished photo series about the town's residents in the early 1980s, about which the American filmmaker Michael Almereyda produced a short film. The film won Best Non-Fiction Short at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Skinningrove Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lingdale in North Yorkshire". This is the North East. Northumbia University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Population statistics Skinningrove Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "History of Skinningrove, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Relationships and changes Skinningrove Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Russell (21 February 2003). "Woman angler lands legendary sea monster". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010. The novice angler fishing off the rocks for mackerel thought that she must have hooked a big one. Unfortunately the oarfish has been cut up into steaks for the pot.
  7. ↑ "Skinningrove at Digital Village". East Cleveland Community Development Group in partnership with the University of Teesside. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Chris Killip: Skinningrove". The New York Review of Books. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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