In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scartho like this:
SCARTHO, a parish, with a village, in Caistor district, Lincoln; on the East Lincoln railway, 2 miles Sby W of Great Grimsby. Post-town, Grimsby. Acres, 1, 390. Real property, £1, 913. Pop., 188. Houses, 40. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £231.* Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church has an early English nave, and a tower originally Saxon; and was recently repaired. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Scartho through time
Scartho is now part of North East Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North East Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scartho itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scartho in North East Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13539
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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