Frodingham is a historic hamlet and now a suburb of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

in the borough of

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, in

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, England. The village lay directly to the south of Scunthorpe town centre, the name Frodingham is now often used to refer to the area directly to the north of the town centre. Frodingham

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originally included the

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of Frodingham, Scunthorpe,

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(part) and Gunness (part). The townships became civil parishes in 1866. In 1894 Brumby & Frodingham

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(UDC) was formed, separate from neighbouring Scunthorpe UDC. Brumby & Frodingham UDC was amalgamated with Scunthorpe in 1919. St Lawrence's church was the centre of the original hamlet of Frodingham. Frodingham township and civil parish, sandwiched between Scunthorpe to the north and Brumby to the south, was 5 miles long and 1/4 mile wide. It ran from the Trent in the west, across the

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, through the hamlet itself and across to Bottesford Beck in the east. It was here in the east end of the township that large deposits of

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began to be exploited in the mid 19th century: the Frodingham, North Lincolnshire and Redbourn Hill

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were established, and workers' cottages were built either side of Rowland Road, in an area then known as New Frodingham. In modern times, the name Frodingham is now used to refer to the area around Frodingham Road in

, and online maps reflect this usage. The

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ran through the township, and the railway station was next to the Frodingham ironworks. The first

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was opened in 1866; the second station was opened in 1886, and closed in 1926. In 1912, the Frodingham Ironworks was taken over by the Appleby Ironworks to form the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company. The

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is in the former village vicarage, built in 1874 on the site of Frodingham Hall. Frodingham

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listed

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church is dedicated to

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. Originating from the 12th century, it was rebuilt in 1841 except for the Early English-style tower.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 123; Methuen & Co. Ltd In 1916 ''Cox'' recorded a Carolean altar table, dated 1635. It contains memorials to the Healy family who added several windows within the church.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 400 The vicar of Frodingham from 1655 to 1660 was John Ryther (c1638-1681). At the Restoration he was deprived of his living here and moved to Brough and was deprived again in 1662. After setting up Kipping Chapel near Bradford and some time in prison, he moved to London and began one of the first missions amongst seamen at Wapping in 1669. Due to his emotional preaching style, he was often known as 'Crying Jeremy.' In 1885 ''

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'' reported a large temperance hall, built in 1871, that also housed a library and newspaper reading room. Chief crops grown in the area were wheat, barley and potatoes. In 1911 the

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had a population of 1734. On 1 October 1919 the parish was abolished to form "Scunthorpe and Frodingham" and Brumby Rural.

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