Scawby, Lincolnshire

Description
Scawby, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands near the M.S. & L.R., 2 1/2 miles SW of Brigg, and has a station-jointly with Hibaldstow-on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) under Lincoln. The parish contains also the hamlets of Sturton or Storton and Scawby Brook, and comprises 3349 acres; population, 964. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Sutton-Nelthorpe family. Scawby Hall, their seat, is a, country mansion standing in a park of about 170 acres, containing two lakes. There is a strong chalybeate spring known as the Red Well. Remains exist of a Roman camp, and Roman pavements, coins, and other relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £260 with residence. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1842, and now consists of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some good stained windows, and some monuments to the Nelthorpes. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, a reading-room, a mission-room at Scawby Brook which was erected in 1891, and an endowed school with £40 a year.