Scawby is a village and

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, England. It is situated south-west from

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, and just east from the

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, and south from the

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. According to the 2001 census, Scawby population (including Sturton) was 2,277, reducing slightly to 2,243 at the 2011 census. The village is noted for the Nelthorpe family who owned the manor and lived at Scawby Hall. Sir John Nelthorpe founded Brigg Grammar School in 1669. Sturton was formerly a separate

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a little to the south of Scawby, but development of the land between the two has incorporated the settlement into the main village. Scawby Brook, situated to the east just outside Brigg, is also partly within the parish. Also in the parish, to the west of the main village, is the roadside hamlet of Greetwell on the B1398 road.

History

Neolithic and Romano-British archaeological finds indicate a long history of habitation. Two mosaic floors of a possible Roman villa were found at Sturton Farm in 1816. Scawby is mentioned seven times in the

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of 1086, as "Scallebi" or "Scalebi", with a total of 34 households. Scawby Hall is thought to date from 1603, with an 18th-century frontage and windows, and 19th-century

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s. Scawby Mill, a brick-built

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, was opened about 1829, but the present tower was built as part of a house after the original tower collapsed during renovation work in 1994. Scawby railway station, to the south of the village, opened in 1848, and closed 120 years later. The line is still open. The church of St

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is dedicated to a 7th-century

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of that name. It is built in the Early English style, but was substantially rebuilt in 1843 by William Adams Nicholson, and in 1870 by James Fowler of Louth. The tower is original, of the 15th century, with 13th-century work at the base. There was a

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chapel in the village until August 2012. The Barton and Brigg circuit still operates a chapel in nearby

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Community

An old school building is next to the church. There is a village pump, telephone box, a post office and village shop, a primary school, the Sutton Arms

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, a

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shop and a hairdresser. Scawby bus connections are to Brigg and

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. The

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is Scawby and Redbourne, part of the Scawby, Redbourne and Hibaldstow group of the

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of Yarborough. The Incumbent is The Revd David Eames. The village hall committee dates back to March 1921, when it was agreed to purchase a hut for community use in the village. In 1967 this was replaced by a brick building with views of open countryside. Scawby is home to local Quiz team "Dobbin" who defeated The Eggheads in 2011.

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