In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scawby like this:
SCAWBY, a village and a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln. The village stands near the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, 2 miles S W of Brigg; and has a station, jointly with Hibaldstow, on the railway, and a post-office under Brigg. The parish contains also threehamlets, and comprises 3, 930 acres. ...
Real property, £.6, 963. Pop., 1, 570. Houses 352. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to the Rev. K. and Mrs. Sutton. There is a strong chalybeate spring. Remains exist of a Romancamp; and Roman pavement, coins, and other relicshave been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £350.* Patrons, the Rev. R. and Mrs. Sutton. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1842. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a reading-room, an endowed school with £53 a year, and poors' land yielding about £120.
Scawby through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scawby in North Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13540
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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