Amcotts
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = St Mark, Amcotts - geograph.org.uk - 423061.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Mark's Church, Amcotts
|coordinates = {{coord|53.61|-00.71|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =Amcotts
|population = 262
|population_ref=(2011)
|unitary_england= North Lincolnshire
|lieutenancy_england = Lincolnshire
|region= Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster= Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
|post_town= Scunthorpe
|postcode_district = DN17
|postcode_area= DN
|dial_code=
|os_grid_reference= SE8514
| london_distance_mi= 145
| london_direction= S
}}
Amcotts is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England, and on the Isle of Axholme. The village is situated north-west from Scunthorpe, and on the west bank of the River Trent facing Flixborough on the east bank. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 219 for the parish,{{cite web|title=Amcotts Civil Parish|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=791101&c=Amcotts&d=16&e=15&g=392085&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1314465831155&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=27 August 2011}} increasing to 262 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119991&c=Amcotts&d=16&e=62&g=6382098&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460992323403&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
History
Amcotts is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with eight households.{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE8514|name=amcotts|display=Amcotts|accessdate=27 August 2011}}
A chantry chapel was founded in the mid-15th century by Geoffrey Crowle and William Amcotts.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=61147|mname=Chantry Chapel, Amcotts|accessdate=27 August 2011}}
Formerly a township of Althorpe parish, Amcotts was created a civil parish in 1866 and enlarged in 1885 by gaining part of neighbouring Luddington.{{cite web|title=Amcotts|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=11400&st=AMCOTTS|work=Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=27 August 2011}}{{cite web|title=Amcotts civil parish (1885)|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10394030&c_id=10001043|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224105521/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10394030&c_id=10001043|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2012|work=Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=27 August 2011}}
Amcotts Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mark, and was built in 1853 to replace an earlier church dedicated to St Thomas A Becket which fell down in 1849.{{NHLE|num=1083283 |desc=Church of St Mark|accessdate=6 July 2011}}
Amcotts CE School, built in 1860 as a National School, closed in 1961.{{cite web|title=Amcotts CE School|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/AMCOTTS-CE-SCHOOL/825232.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=27 August 2011}}
In 1974 properties in the village were subject to significant damage because of the Flixborough disaster.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Marae
The hamlet of "Marae", or "The Marshes" now a deserted medieval village of which no surface evidence remains, was supposedly at the outfall of Mere Dyke on the River Trent, which is now in Amcotts, but then was in Luddington parish which extended to the bank of the Trent until 1885.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=60968|mname=Marae DMV|accessdate=27 August 2011}} At the time of Domesday Book of 1086, Marae was listed as having three households.{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE8516|name=the-marshes|display=Marae/The Marshes|accessdate=27 August 2011}}
Population
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
! colspan="12" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Population of Amcotts Civil Parish |
| style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Year
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1881 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1891 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1901 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1911 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1921 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1931 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1941 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1961 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2001 ! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2011 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Population{{cite web|title=Amcotts CP/Ch|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10394030&c_id=10001043&add=N|accessdate=27 August 2011}} | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 397 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 332 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 300 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 278 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 292 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 270 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 242 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 225 | style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 219 ! style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 262 |
Geography
{{Geographic location
|title = Destinations from Amcotts
|Northwest = Luddington, Eastoft, Goole
|North = Burton upon Stather, Alkborough,
|Northeast = Normanby by Spital, Winterton, winteringham
|Centre = Amcotts
|East = Appleby, Ulceby, Immingham
|Southwest = Ealand, Epworth, Doncaster
|South = Keadby, Althorpe Gainsborough
|Southeast = Crosby, Scunthorpe, Brigg
}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Amcotts}}
- [http://www.isleofaxholme.net Isle of Axholme website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315171733/http://www.isleofaxholme.net/ |date=15 March 2012 }}
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Category:Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire