Scremby
| Scremby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Peter and St Paul, Scremby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF442680 |
| Location: | 53°11’25"N, 0°9’28"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Spilsby |
| Postcode: | PE23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Scremby is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, and is about four miles north-east of Spilsby.
The parish church, St Pater and St Paul, was built in 1733, from red brick. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Scremby Hall was home to the Brackenbury family, although the last resident family member left to live in Wimbledon in Surrey in 1937. It was demolished in the 1970s.[2]
An extant grand house of the village, The Manor House, is a 16th-century building with alterations in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is Grade II listed.[3]
Scremby's Church of England school, known as Scremby and Ashby C of E School from 1903-1935, closed in 1960.[4]
Local archaeology
The deserted mediæval village of Laysingthorpe (or Laisintorp), was probably located in or near Scremby.[5]
Between 2017 and 2019 archaeological excavations near Scremby revealed a 5th-6th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery, with a range of grave goods that included jewellery, combs, shields and other weapons, in 49 graves containing the remains of men and women. The site was initially discovered by a local hobby metal-detectorist; subsequent excavations were carried out by Dr Hugh Willmott and students of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department, together with American military veterans, members of the Royal Air Force, and regional and international volunteers. [6] [7] [8]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Scremby) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063620: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Scremby (Grade II* listing) @British Listed Buildings
- ↑ Information on Scremby from GENUKI
- ↑ National Heritage List 1204952: The Manor House, Scremby (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Scremby CE School: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ Laysingthorpe (Laisintorp) deserted mediæval village: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ "Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (2018)". Operation Nightingale USA 2019. n.d.. https://americanveteransarchaeology.org/anglo-saxon-cemetery.
- ↑ "Anglo-Saxon cemetery found in Lincolnshire". Current Publishing. 3 January 2019. https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/anglo-saxon-cemetery-found-in-lincolnshire.htm.
- ↑ "Remains of Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered". University of Sheffield, UK. 27 November 2018. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/remains-anglo-saxon-cemetery-discovered-1.818242.
