Susworth
This settlement documented as 'Susworth' was recorded c.1200, parts of which were considered associated with East Ferry.
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 hamlet.
Susworth is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a hamlet of Scotter, others being Scotterthorpe and Cotehouses. There were six farmers in the hamlet, one of whom was also a blacksmith. There was the licensed victualler of the White Horse public house who was also a coal merchant, a further coal merchant, two shopkeepers, a joiner & wheelwright, a corn miller, a maltster, and a foreman maltster.
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. By 1933 there were two Methodist chapels and a church reading room. The number of farmers had dropped to five, with one smallholder. A shop and the White Horse pub still existed.
Susworth soldiers killed in the First World War received no memorial within the village; at least eleven Susworth men survived the war.
The village contains a centre for civil marriages run by North Lincolnshire Council, a riverside inn and a post box.
References
- ^ Historic England. "Medieval settlement of Susworth (891658)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Obituary", The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine Volume 10 pp.203, 285 (1831). Retrieved 30 June 2014
- ^ White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, pp.323-324
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885, pp. 615, 616
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, pp. 473, 474
- ^ "Susworth Great War servicemen", Scotter Parish Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014
- ^ "Civil venues in North Lincolnshire", North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014