SKECKLING, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county
of YORK, 10 miles (E.) from Kingston upon Hull,
containing 436 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Burstwick annexed,
in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £7, and in
the patronage of Sir T. A. Clifford Constable, Bart. The
church is dedicated to All Saints; in the chancel is a
fine painting of the Lord's Supper.