Comments on: Skelton Tower, Levisham, North Yorkshire https://thefollyflaneuse.com/skelton-tower-levisham-north-yorkshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sat, 04 Nov 2023 07:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Skelton Tower / Hole Of Horcum Levisham - https://thefollyflaneuse.com/skelton-tower-levisham-north-yorkshire/#comment-12196 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 07:02:22 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3158#comment-12196 […] woodland. We give it a moderate grading due to the length mostly. Along this walk you will visit Skelton Tower with its fantastic views over the North Yorkshire Railway and if your lucky you may see the steam […]

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/skelton-tower-levisham-north-yorkshire/#comment-6143 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:31:21 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3158#comment-6143 In reply to Peter Brophy.

Oh dear. You appear to have discovered one of the (many) gaps in my education. I will endeavour to remember the correct form of address for clergymen in future. I applaud your ongoing campaign!

]]> By: Peter Brophy https://thefollyflaneuse.com/skelton-tower-levisham-north-yorkshire/#comment-6142 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:20:10 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=3158#comment-6142 “The local story is that the Reverend Skelton …..” Oh dear. I think that is still regarded as a solecism in polite society. Surely it’s ‘The ‘Reverend Robert Skelton’ or ‘Mr Skelton’? You wouldn’t, after all, refer to him as ‘the handsome Skelton’ – it would be ‘the handsome Robert Skelton’ .

I know: it’s a lost cause. Though I shall continue inadvertently wincing to myself as I watch almost every TV programme featuring a vicar.

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