Skelsmergh

Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Kendal, on the A6 road.

St. John the Baptist Church at Skelsmergh dates from about 1871. Skelsmergh Hall incorporates a pele tower, probably built in 1425, with late 16th century and early 17th century additions. The tower is now an outbuilding. The River Sprint runs alongside the village and is "one of the quietest of the Lake District's valleys".Skelsmergh had a population of 303 in 2011, up from 250 in 1961. In 1887 it had a population of 367. From 1866 Skelsmergh was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Scalthwaiterigg to form "Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg". It previously had a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Scalthwaiterigg.