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Scawby

Coordinates:53°32′09″N0°32′24″W/ 53.535740°N 0.540009°W/53.535740; -0.540009
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Not to be confused withScawsbyin South Yorkshire.

Scawby
A small church with a square Ashlar tower, in the Early English style. The tower is to the left, the nave to the right, and we are looking somewhat obliquely at it. The church is ringed by medium size trees, and a large Yew dominates the right of the picture, in the middle distance. A handful of mismatched gravestones dot the grassy nearground of the picture.
Church of St Hybald, Scawby
Scawby is located in Lincolnshire
Scawby
Scawby
Location withinLincolnshire
Population2,243 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE968053
•London145 mi (233 km)S
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRIGG
Postcode districtDN20
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53°32′09″N0°32′24″W/ 53.535740°N 0.540009°W/53.535740; -0.540009

Scawbyis a village andcivil parishinNorth Lincolnshire,England.[1]It is situated 2 miles (3 km) south-west fromBrigg,and just east from theA15 road,and south from theM180 motorway.According to the2001 Census,Scawby population (including Sturton) was 2,277, reducing slightly to 2,243 at the 2011 census.[2]

The village is noted for theNelthorpe familywho owned the manor and lived at Scawby Hall.[3]Sir John Nelthorpe foundedBrigg Grammar Schoolin 1669.[4]Sturtonwas formerly a separatehamleta little to the south of Scawby, but development of the land between the two has incorporated the settlement into the main village. Scawby Brook, situated to the east just outside Brigg, is also partly within the parish. Also in the parish, to the west of the main village, is the roadside hamlet of Greetwell on theB1398 road.[4]

History

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Scawby Hall, an early Jacobean manor house begun in 1605 by Richard Nelthorpe and home to the Nelthorpe family ever since.[3]

Neolithic and Romano-British archaeological finds indicate a long history of habitation.[5][6][7]Two mosaic floors of a possible Roman villa were found at Sturton Farm in 1816.[8]

Scawby is mentioned seven times in theDomesday Bookof 1086, as "Scallebi" or "Scalebi", with a total of 34 households.[9]

Scawby Hall is thought to date from 1603, with an 18th-century frontage and windows, and 19th-centurycrenellations.[3][10]

Scawby Mill, a brick-builttower mill,was opened about 1829, but the present tower was built as part of a house after the original tower collapsed during renovation work in 1994.[11]

Scawby railway station,to the south of the village, opened in 1848, and closed 120 years later. The line is still open.[12]

The church of StHybaldis dedicated to a 7th-centurySaxonof that name. It is built in theEarly Englishstyle, but was substantially rebuilt in 1843 byWilliam Adams Nicholson,and in 1870 byJames Fowlerof Louth. The tower is original, of the 15th century, with 13th-century work at the base.[13][14]

There was aMethodistchapel in the village until August 2012. The Barton and Brigg circuit still operates a chapel in nearbyHibaldstow.[15][16]

Community

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The village hall, built in 1972[17]

An old school building is next to the church. There is a village pump, telephone box, a post office and village shop, a primary school, the Sutton Armspublic house,afish and chipshop and a hairdresser.

Scawby bus connections are to Brigg andScunthorpe.[1][18]

Theecclesiastical parishis Scawby and Redbourne, part of the Scawby, Redbourne and Hibaldstow group of theDeaneryof Yarborough. The Incumbent is The Revd David Eames.[19][20]

The village hall committee dates back to March 1921, when it was agreed to purchase a hut for community use in the village. In 1967 this was replaced by a brick building with views of open countryside.[17]

Scawby is home to local Quiz team "Dobbin" who defeated TheEggheadsin 2011.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ab"Parish web site".Scrawby Parish Council.Retrieved23 March2013.
  2. ^"Civil parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved19 April2016.
  3. ^abc"Scawby Hall".Retrieved25 June2011.
  4. ^ab"Scawby Local History Pack".North Lincolnshire Council.Retrieved23 March2013.
  5. ^Historic England."Neolithic Axe (63330)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  6. ^Historic England."Neolithic and Roman fragments (63349)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  7. ^Historic England."cropmarks and Roman building materials (63314)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  8. ^Historic England."Mosaic floors (63469)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  9. ^"Scallebi".Domesday Map web site.Retrieved23 March2013.
  10. ^Pevsner, N; Harris, J (1964).Lincolnshire.the Buildings of England. p. 352.
  11. ^Historic England."Tower Mill (497799)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  12. ^Historic England."Scawby and Hibaldstow railway station (498371)".Research records (formerly PastScape).Retrieved25 March2013.
  13. ^Pevsner, N; Harris, J (1964).Lincolnshire.the Buildings of England. pp. 351–2.
  14. ^Historic England."Church of St Hybald (Grade II*) (1083718)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved23 March2013.
  15. ^"closure of Scawby chapel".Methodist church, Barton and Brigg circuit. Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2013.Retrieved23 March2012.
  16. ^"Hibaldstow chapel".Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2013.Retrieved23 March2012.
  17. ^ab"Village Hall history".Archived fromthe originalon 27 June 2013.Retrieved23 March2012.
  18. ^"Housing Needs survey"(PDF).North Lincolnshire council. 2.05,2.06.Retrieved23 March2013.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^"Scawby & Redbourne P C C".Diocese of Lincoln.Archived fromthe originalon 4 October 2013.Retrieved23 March2013.
  20. ^"Church web site".Retrieved23 March2013.
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