One Messuage at Straw Row Head
MR SKELTON [John Skelton, not the Rector]
Seamer’s Straw Row Head - part of Seamer’s Farm
One quarter of Low Field Oxgang
One third of Bursgill Head
One Messuage - a third of Norris Heads
A third of Norris Head - Hornby’s and Athey’s
A Cottage in White Sleights and a Gate in Cow Close
Fairfax estate survey of 1694
Thomas Skelton was one of the longest serving Rectors of Scawton, his incumbency lasting from 1672 until 1723 and he donated one of the church bells in 1676 but John Skelton is not thought to have been any relation.
Seamer Gill got its name from the family who were descendants of Lamberti Semer who was tenant of the Abbey Forge and ran it for the Duke of Rutland after the Dissolution. Seamer Howl is still shown on modern Ordnance Survey maps.
Norris Heads was shown as Nurish Heads on the tithe map of 1839 when it was reduced to 2 acres that were north of Pond Farm.
Cow Close Top was also marked on the 1839 map when it was a 3 acre field adjacent to what is now the A170.
Widow Athey was the last member of that family to live in Scawton and their tenure lasted at least 120 years.
