SKIRLAUGH (NORTH), a chapelry in that part of the parish of SWINE which is in the northern division of the-svapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 9 miles (N. N.E.) from Kingston upon Hull, containing, with the township of Rowton, and part of that of Arnold, 260 inhabitants. The chapel, dedicated to St. Augustine, was built by Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham; it is an elegant specimen of the later English style. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.