The story
From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skelton
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4335). Full definition →