SCAWBY

'Scawby' is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,277. It is located 3 miles SW of Brigg just off the A15 and A18. Scawby Brook just outside Brigg is also within the parish.
Scawby has a post office and village shop. The church of St. Hybald is dedicated to a 7th century Saxon of that name.
The village has a primary school and The Sutton Arms pub.
Scawby Mill 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^[1].
The village is famous for the Nelthorpe family who owned the manor. Sir John Nelthorpe founded Brigg Grammar School in 1669.^[2]

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1. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph 25 May 1994. [1]
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