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{{SHORTDESC:Small village near Great Langdale}}
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|image = Skelwith
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|historic name = ''Schelwath'' c.1246
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|historic county = [[Westmorland]]
|district = {{w1|Westmorland and Furness}}
|civil parish = [[Skelwith]]
|post town = [[Ambleside]]
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|topo-map = OL07 Explorer / 90 Landranger
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▲ |dialling-code = 015394
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'''Skelwith Bridge''' is a small village located in the civil parish of Skelwith, 2.5 miles west of [[Ambleside]]. Accessed via the A593, it lies at the opening of the [[Great Langdale]] valley, where it forks with the B5343 towards the village of [[Elterwater]]. The village provides visitors with accommodation and refreshments by way of the Skelwith Bridge Hotel and Chesters by the River Cafe. There is limited parking available for both. Multiple routes for walkers and cyclists can be taken from the village.
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==Etymology==
The name ''Skelwith'' refers to several place names of the same name: Skelwith Bridge, [[Skelwith Force]], Skelwith Fold and Skelwith Pool. ''Skelwith'' most likely comes from Old Norse ''[https://cleasby-vigfusson-dictionary.vercel.app/word/skjallr
*'''''Skjallr''''': loud or shrill, referring to the cascading roar from the waterfall
*'''''vað''''': ford, a place for crossing / wading.
Throughout the years ''Skelwith'' has been known by several variations of its original word, these being:
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*1688 – ''Skelwaith (bridge)''
*1693 – ''Skelwith (bridge)''
The current name was assumed when the bridge was built, therefore the fording place (''wath'') was subsequently forgotten.<ref>{{gambles|44}}</ref>
<div class="res-img">[[File:Skelwith Bridge and River Brathay (5323).jpg]]{{c|{{smaller|A slightly wider view as the sun's afternoon glow envelops the bridge}}}}</div>
==References==
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[[Category:Skelwith Bridge]]
[[Category:Villages of the Lake District]]
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