Susworth

Susworth

Inn at Susworth
Susworth
Susworth shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference SE835021
• London 140 mi (230 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GAINSBOROUGH
Postcode district DN17
Dialling code 01724
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Susworth is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the east bank of the River Trent, 3 miles (5 km) west from Scotter, in which civil parish it lies. The nearest large towns are Gainsborough, approximately 7 miles (11 km) to the south, and Scunthorpe 7 miles to the north-east.

This settlement documented as 'Susworth' was recorded c.1200, parts of which were considered associated with East Ferry.[1]

In 1885 Susworth contained a Primitive Methodist chapel. Occupations included ten farmers, a shopkeeper, wheelwright, blacksmith, and the landlord of the White Horse public house.[2] By 1933 there were two Methodist chapels and a church reading room. The number of farmers had dropped to five, with one smallholder. The shop and White Horse pub still existed.[3]

In the second half of the 18th century, before the establishment of the Methodist chapel, invited Wesleyan preachers, one of whom was John Wesley, used a private house in the village.[4]

Susworth soldiers killed in the First World War received no memorial within the village; at least eleven Susworth men survived the war.[5]

The village contains a centre for civil marriages run by North Lincolnshire Council,[6] a riverside inn and a post box.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Medieval settlement of Susworth (891658)". PastScape. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885, pp. 615, 616
  3. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp. 473, 474
  4. ↑ "Obituary", The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine Volume 10 pp.203, 285 (1831). Retrieved 30 June 2014
  5. ↑ "Susworth Great War servicemen", Scotter Parish Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014
  6. ↑ "Civil venues in North Lincolnshire", North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014
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