Scotter
Coordinates: 53°29′56″N 0°39′59″W / 53.498965°N 0.666311°W
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 Scotter Green |
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 Scotter
Scotter shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 2,591 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SE885010 |
| District | West Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GAINSBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | DN21 3 |
| Dialling code | 01724 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Gainsborough |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Scotter is a large village and civil parish in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, situated between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough.
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[edit] Geography
The A159 road, which connects the two towns, crosses the River Eau (a tributary of the Trent) in the village. The population of the parish was recorded as 2,591 in the 2001 census[1]
It has several shops, a village hall, a community centre, and a Primary School. The school has around 280 pupils and the age range is 4–11. The village hall was opened on 12 July 1985 by Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.
The civil parish contains the village of Susworth which is on the River Trent. The parish is further north than (nearby) Kirton Lindsey.
Barlings is at the north-west corner of the village on the River Trent, and the Lincolnshire (West Lindsey) - North Lincolnshire boundary. The county, district and parish boundary follows eastwards along the River Eau passing north of Scotterthorpe. Messingham is the parish to the north. It crosses the north-south North Moor Road which becomes Scotter Road in Scunthorpe. It crosses the north-south Messingham Road (A159) then Kirton Road (B1400). A 700 metre section of the B1400, between Kirton and Messingham, passes through the parish, and Lincolnshire. The boundary passes southwards, touching the western edge of Black Walk Nook, a wood. It passes north-south on the edge of Black Walk Plantation and crosses two roads called Kirton Road, meeting the parish of Scotton, which is south of Scotter.
The boundary is just the parish boundary from here to the Trent. It crosses Scotter Road north of Field House, passing north of Cockthorn Farm. It skirts the north edge of a wood, and crosses the A159 near two transmitter masts. It meets East Ferry to the south and skirts the northern edge of Laughton Forest, also known as Laughton Wood. It passes westward through the western section of the wood, crossing East Ferry Road near Wheatley House. It follows Ferry Barrier Bank westwards to East Ferry Ings Drain, which it follows to the Trent near Ings Farm.
It passes along the east bank of the Trent through South Ings, then passes through Susworth, passing the Jenny Wrenn Inn and Walnut Tree Farm.
[edit] History
Mention is made of Scotter in the Domesday Book (1086) and ecclesiastical records reveal that in 1190 Richard I granted the right to hold a market and fairs.
King John gave Scotter a confirmation charter and he visited in 1216. The King, trying to raise an army to repel the threatened French invasion, stayed in the inn facing the village green. The landlord of the inn, as a mark of honour to his visitor, redesigned his inn sign and incorporated the badge on the shield of the Officer in Charge - a sun and an anchor. The present hostelry stands on the same site as the 'Sun and Anchor'.[2]
In August 2005 nine-year-old (and 166 days) Kate Langley became the youngest girl in the world to score a hole in one, at the Forest Pines Beeches golf course on the 1st hole. The record is now held by Rhiannon Linacre.[3][4]
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter in the Scotter with East Ferry parish in the Scotton and Scotter group, in the Manlake deanery. Susworth is not in the religious parish. Other churches in the group are Scotton and Northorpe, and the vicar is Mike Burson-Thomas who lives in Scotter. On the other side of Trent is the Deanery of Axholme.
[edit] References
- ^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Scotter CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=796571&c=Scotter&d=16&e=15&g=469161&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1225476854630&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ "Welcome to Scunthorpe: Scotter". http://www.scunthorpeuk.com/historydetail.php?id=24850&f=Scunthorpe. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ Hole in One
- ^ Golfer
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Scotter |
- Scotter web site
- Scotter Parish Council
- GENUKI: Scotter, LIN
- Jenny Wren Inn
- White Swan Inn
- Scotter primary school
