Skilgate

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.0378
longitude= -3.4490
official_name= Skilgate
population= 96cite web |url=http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/index/looking_after/living_in_communities/exmoor_parishes/skilgate.htm |title= Skilgate|accessdate=2008-02-04 |format= |work=Exmoor National Park ]
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town=
postcode_district = TA4
postcode_area=TA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference=SS985275

Skilgate is a village and civil parish convert|5|mi|km|0|lk=on east of Dulverton and convert|8|mi|km|0 west of Wiveliscombe in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England.

The parish, which covers an area of 866ha straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon.

In the Domesday Book the village was recorded as "Scheligate", possibly meaning 'the opening on the boundary.

The Church of St John has a 14th century tower, but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1872. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St John | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=429581 | accessdate=2008-02-04]

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