Scotton
Note: This parish should not be confused with Crown Scotton in northern Yorkshire.
Scotton is a village and parish on the River Eau. It lies 9 miles northeast of Gainsborough and 165 miles north of London. Scotter parish lies to the north, Laughton parish and Northorpe parish to the south. Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the parish covered about 3,900 acres and included the township of East Ferry. Since then, East Ferry has become its own parish.
If you are planning a visit:
- The village lies east of the the A159 trunk road as it passes between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough. Tributaries of the small River Eau pass the village just north and south.
- Modern day visitors to Scotton should take in Scotton Common, the first freehold nature reserve acquired by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in 1954.
- The parish is also popular with bird-watchers looking for Honey Buzzards.
- See the Scotton Village Hall.
- Check our touring page for Lincolnshire.
- Scotton was part of the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library holds copies of the census returns for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 643 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2119 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2406 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3441 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3293 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2632 |
| 1901 |
R.G. 13 / 3109 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Genewys.
- A photograph of St. Genewys church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Here is a photo of St. Genewys Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Here is a photo of the Chapel of Ease built at East Ferry, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish registers exist from 1560. The Bishop's Transcripts exist from 1599.
- Find out which marriage and burial indexes are available for the Manlake Deanery.
- The Lincolnshire FHS does have the Kirton Lindsey burials 1813-1900 fiche set which includes Scotton.
- Parish registers are on file at the Society of Genealogists for the period of 1671 through 1812.
- Much of the parish register entries are on Free REG.
- 633 burials are recorded from 1813-1900 on the National Burial Index.
- Copies of the parish registers are also held at the North Lincolnshire Library and cover baptisms 1560 - 1988, burials 1560 - 1952, and marriages 1560 - 1924.
- Parish registers are also online for 1560 thru 1782 at Lincs to the Past.
- Scotton had chapels for the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. For information and assistance in researching Methodist chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- See our Church Records page to see county-wide sources.
- Scotton was part of the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Scotton history includes some famous figures:
- Sir Robert NEVILLE (d.1313/14) rebuilt Scotton church and founded a chantry here in 1294.
- Sir Robert PERCY of Scotton is a somewhat obscure figure, who was a staunch supporter of the Yorkist cause. Sir Robert was probably the son of Robert PERCY of Scotton (alive in 1474) by Cecily METCALFE.
- Nicolas MALTUS (MALTHUS) received an inheritance here in 1730.
- The BRITCLIFFE family has a long relationship with Scotton.
- And some of the EMINSON family papers are at the Lincolnshire Archives at St Rumbold Street, Lincoln LN2 5AB.
- Edgar DRAYTON of Ashby brought the first motor bus service to Scotton in 1919.
- The national grid reference is SK 8899.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Scotton had a War Memorial list which used to hang in the chapel. The chapel has since closed. A photograph of the memorial is on the Lincolnshire County web site, but the quality is not good enough to make out all the names.
- There is a Portable Document File of the Scotton Men who Served in the Great War. The file is 58KB in size.
- There is a photograph of the war memorial in East Ferry and the list of the names from the Roll of Honour at the Roll of Honour site.
- The name Scotton is from the Old English Scot+tun, for "farmstead of the Scots". In the 1086 Domesday Book it appeared as Scotone.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Bastardy cases would be held in the Gainsborough petty session hearings every Tuesday.
- In 1826, Scotton put its poor to work as road labourers.
- As the result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a part of the Gainsborough Poor Law Union.
- Around 1841, Scotton had the interest from £9 and 10s left by various donors for poor parishioners.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
242 |
| 1831 |
353 |
| 1851 |
488 |
| 1861 |
482 |
| 1881 |
403 |
| 1891 |
219 |
| 1911 |
276 |
| 1991 |
578 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1879 for 50 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 14-January-2014
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