Claim: Skippool is falsely believed to have been a major trading port where goods arrived from all over the world and was used since the end of the Middle Ages
Evidence: Skippool, more specifically its creek, was a major trading port for hundreds of years, similarly to that of Wardley's Creek on the other side of the river. Goods arrived at the docks from all over the world. It is understood to have been in constant use from the end of the Middle Ages.