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Scothern or Scothorne, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Scothern or Scothorne, a parish, with a village, in Lincolnshire, 2½ miles W by N of Langworth station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R., and 5½ NE of Lincoln. It has a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Langworth railway station. Acreage, 2445; population, 425. The manor belongs to the Sibthorpe family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £110 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church, rebuilt in 1861, is an edifice of stone partly in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, and an embattled western tower. There are Free Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, and some small charities.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishScothern St. German 
Poor Law unionLincoln 
WapentakeLawress 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Scothern:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1630-19111777-17791631-18441647-1891

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Scothern or Scothorne from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Scothern or Scothorne are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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