SKELTON AND BROTTON  , an urban district in the Cleveland parliamentary division of the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, 17 M . E. by S. of Middlesbrough by a branch of the North-Eastern railway, with stations at Brotton and North Skelton . Pop . (1901) i3,240 . This is one of the largest town-ships in the Cleveland ironstone district, and its industrial population is wholly employed in the quarries . The modern Skelton Castle incorporates part of the ancient stronghold of Robert de Brus who held it from William the Conqueror . A modern church replaces the ancient one, of which there are ruins, and a fine Norman font is preserved . The large ironstone quarries have not wholly destroyed the beauty of the district . The Cleveland hills rise sharply southward, to elevations some-times exceeding'000 ft., and are scored with deep and picturesque glens . On the coast, which is cliff-bound and fine, is the watering-place of Saltburn by the Sea .