Scawby

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = St Hybald's Church, Scawby.jpg

| static_image_alt= 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.

| static_image_caption = Church of St Hybald, Scawby

| country = England

| official_name = Scawby

| map_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|53.535740|-0.540009|display=inline,title}}

| population= 2,243

| population_ref= (2011)

| unitary_england = North Lincolnshire

| lieutenancy_england = Lincolnshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster= Scunthorpe

| post_town= BRIGG

| postcode_district = DN20

| postcode_area= DN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= SE968053

| london_distance_mi= 145

| london_direction= S

}}

Scawby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.scawbyparishcouncil.co.uk/ |publisher=Scrawby Parish Council |title=Parish web site |accessdate=23 March 2013}} It is situated {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south-west from Brigg, and just east from the A15 road, and south from the M180 motorway. According to the 2001 census, Scawby population (including Sturton) was 2,277, reducing slightly to 2,243 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128244&c=Scawby&d=16&e=62&g=6382521&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461073734992&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=19 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The village is noted for the Nelthorpe family who owned the manor and lived at Scawby Hall.{{cite web | url = http://www.scawbyhall.com/Family%5B1%5D.html| title = Scawby Hall|accessdate = 25 June 2011}} Sir John Nelthorpe founded Brigg Grammar School in 1669.{{cite web |title=Scawby Local History Pack |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/local-studies/localhistorypacks/scawby/ |accessdate=23 March 2013}} Sturton was formerly a separate hamlet a 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 the B1398 road.

History

File:Scawby Hall, Lincolnshire (geograph 2386837).jpg

Neolithic and Romano-British archaeological finds indicate a long history of habitation.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=63330|mname=Neolithic Axe|accessdate=25 March 2013}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=63349|mname=Neolithic and Roman fragments|accessdate=25 March 2013}}{{cite PastScape|mnumber=63314|mname=cropmarks and Roman building materials |accessdate=25 March 2013}} Two mosaic floors of a possible Roman villa were found at Sturton Farm in 1816.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=63469|mname=Mosaic floors|accessdate=25 March 2013}}

Scawby is mentioned seven times in the Domesday Book of 1086, as "Scallebi" or "Scalebi", with a total of 34 households.{{cite web |url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE9605/scawby/ |title=Scallebi |publisher=Domesday Map web site |accessdate=23 March 2013}}

Scawby Hall is thought to date from 1603, with an 18th-century frontage and windows, and 19th-century crenellations.{{cite book|series=the Buildings of England |title=Lincolnshire |year=1964 |page=352 |first1=N. |last1=Pevsner |first2=J. |last2=Harris}}

Scawby Mill, a brick-built tower 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.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=497799|mname=Tower Mill|accessdate=25 March 2013}}

Scawby railway station, to the south of the village, opened in 1848, and closed 120 years later. The line is still open.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=498371|mname=Scawby and Hibaldstow railway station|accessdate=25 March 2013}}

The church of St Hybald is dedicated to a 7th-century Saxon of that name. It is built in the Early English style, but was substantially rebuilt in 1843 by William Adams Nicholson, and in 1870 by James Fowler of Louth. The tower is original, of the 15th century, with 13th-century work at the base.{{cite book|series=the Buildings of England |title=Lincolnshire |year=1964 |pages=351–2 |first1=N. |last1=Pevsner |first2=J. |last2=Harris}}{{NHLE|num=1083718|desc=Church of St Hybald|grade=II*|accessdate=23 March 2013}}

There was a Methodist chapel in the village until August 2012. The Barton and Brigg circuit still operates a chapel in nearby Hibaldstow.{{cite web |url=http://www.barton-brigg-circuit.org.uk/circuit/shutdown/SCAWBY.htm |title=Closure of Scawby chapel |publisher=Methodist church, Barton and Brigg circuit |accessdate=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013025/http://www.barton-brigg-circuit.org.uk/circuit/shutdown/SCAWBY.htm |archivedate=5 October 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.barton-brigg-circuit.org.uk/hibaldstow/hibaldstow.htm |title=Hibaldstow chapel |accessdate=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012745/http://www.barton-brigg-circuit.org.uk/hibaldstow/hibaldstow.htm |archivedate=5 October 2013 }}

Community

File:Scawby Village Hall (geograph 2242718).jpg

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 Arms public house, a fish and chip shop and a hairdresser.

Scawby bus connections are to Brigg and Scunthorpe.{{cite web |url=http://www.hwrcc.org.uk/files/scawby-housing-needs-survey-report.pdf |title=Housing Needs survey |publisher=North Lincolnshire council |at=2.05,2.06 |accessdate=23 March 2013 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The ecclesiastical parish is Scawby and Redbourne, part of the Scawby, Redbourne and Hibaldstow group of the Deanery of Yarborough. The Incumbent is The Revd David Eames.{{cite web |publisher=Diocese of Lincoln |url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?06343000 |title=Scawby & Redbourne P C C |accessdate=23 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225752/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?06343000 |archivedate=4 October 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-hybald/ |title=Church web site |accessdate=23 March 2013}}

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.

Scawby is home to local Quiz team "Dobbin" who defeated The Eggheads in 2011.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Scawby}}
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Scawby/ "Scawby"], Genuki.org.uk
[http://scawby.org.uk Scawby Academy Primary School]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131209051610/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/117744 "Scawby Primary School"], Ofsted school inspection reports

Category:Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire

Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire