Susworth

{{Short description|Hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

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{{Infobox UK place

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| static_image_caption= Inn at Susworth

| country = England

| official_name= Susworth

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| civil_parish= Scotter

| shire_district= West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

| post_town= SCUNTHORPE

| postcode_district = DN17

| postcode_area= DN

| dial_code= 01724

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Susworth is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the east bank of the River Trent, {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west from Scotter, in which civil parish it lies. The nearest large towns are Gainsborough, approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} to the south, and Scunthorpe 7 miles to the north-east.

This settlement documented as 'Susworth' was recorded c.1200, parts of which were considered associated with East Ferry.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=891658|mname= Medieval settlement of Susworth|accessdate=30 June 2014}}

In the second half of the 18th century, before the establishment of the Methodist chapel, invited Wesleyan preachers, one of whom was John Wesley, used a private house in the hamlet.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4x5BAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Susworth%22&pg=PA203 "Obituary"], The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine Volume 10 pp.203, 285 (1831). Retrieved 30 June 2014

Susworth is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a hamlet of Scotter, others being Scotterthorpe and Cotehouses. There were six farmers in the hamlet, one of whom was also a blacksmith. There was the licensed victualler of the White Horse public house who was also a coal merchant, a further coal merchant, two shopkeepers, a joiner & wheelwright, a corn miller, a maltster, and a foreman maltster.White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, pp.323-324

In 1885 Susworth contained a Primitive Methodist chapel. Occupations included ten farmers, a shopkeeper, wheelwright, blacksmith, and the landlord of the White Horse public house.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885, pp. 615, 616 By 1933 there were two Methodist chapels and a church reading room. The number of farmers had dropped to five, with one smallholder. A shop and the White Horse pub still existed.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp. 473, 474

Susworth soldiers killed in the First World War received no memorial within the village; at least eleven Susworth men survived the war.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113349/http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Scotter/section.asp?docId=60179 "Susworth Great War servicemen"], Scotter Parish Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014

The village contains a centre for civil marriages run by North Lincolnshire Council,[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/community-advice-and-support/births-deaths-and-marriages/weddings-and-civil-partnerships/civil-venues-in-north-lincolnshire/ "Civil venues in North Lincolnshire"], North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014 a riverside inn and a post box.