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Skerton is a region in the north of Lancaster, England. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. == Origin of the name == The origin of the name is based on Old Norse sker, Skerton meaning the Tun by the Reefs (i.e. sand banks in the River Lune which ran through the original Township).〔Ekwall E,''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Name''s 4th Edition 1960. reprinted 1970, pp. 424, 425.〕 The history of the Township to 1914 is shown in the Victoria County History.〔For a fully referenced history see the on-line ''Victoria County History, A History of the County of Lancaster,'' Vol 8, Eds. William Farrer & J. Brownbill, (1914) pp.98-61〕 Neighbouring Lancaster annexed parts of Skerton in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the Township was divided between Lancaster and adjacent parishes.〔See W Farrer & J Brownbill op. Cit..〕 The records, show variants the name over time,'Skerton'(1200),'Skereton'(1292), 'Storton'(1201), and 'Sherton' (1292). Of those evolutions of the original Norse name Skerton is the modern version.〔See Ekwall op. cit..〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skerton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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