Scopwick
- The parish was in the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2577 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Cross
- The church was renovated in 1908. There are several ancient monuments to the SEWELL family inside.
- The church seats about 200.
- There is a photograph of Holy Cross church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
- Here is a photo of Holy Cross Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- Parish register entries start in 1695, but Bishop's transcripts go back to 1562.
- The parish lies in the Graffoe Deanery, for which several marriage indexes exist.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a small chapel here in 1905. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
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- The parish was in the Billinghay sub-district of the Sleaford Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish is nine miles north of Sleaford and eleven miles southeast of Lincoln. The parish of Temple Bruer lies to the west, Rowston lies to the south and Blankney to the north. A small stream runs along the south edge of the parish on its way to join the River Witham. The parish covers some 3,400 acres of heath land.
The ecclesistical parish of Scopwick includes the civil parish of Kirkby Green.
If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A153 trunk road north out of Sleaford, turn north at Ruskington onto the B1198 and follow that into Scopwick. Alternatively, you can take the A15 north from Sleaford and turn right onto the B1191 and go past Ashby de la Launde into Scopwick. The B1191 and the B1198 cross at Scopwick.
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- Scopwick was part of the large sheep farming operation of Temple Bruer in Norman times. This is the probable origin of the parish name (see below).
- The national grid reference is TF 0758.
- For a good map, try the MultiMap web site.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Scopwick combines Old English sceap with Old Scandinavian wic, for "sheep farm". In the 1086 Domesday book, the village is given as Scapeuic.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- Here's a partial list of surnames found in White's 1871 Directory: ALVEY, BAGGALEY, BARTHOLOMEW, BAUMBER, BLACK, BONNER, BOOTH, CATTON, CHALLANS, CHRISTIAN, CLARK, COLLINSON, FULLALOVE, GEORGE, HALL, HANSON, HARRISON, HURD, MERRYWEATHER, METHRINGHAM, MITTON, PACEY, PEARS, PELL, PORTAS, SALTER, SCHOLEY, TAYLOR, WATSON, WHITE and WRIGHT.
- Kelley's 1913 Directory lists these surnames: ATKIN, BAGALEY, BAUMBER, BROWN, CHRISTIAN, CODLING, DOOLING, COULSON, CUTLER, FLINTHAM, FULLALOVE, FORD, GIBSON, HARRISON, HICKS, MACKINDER, MERRYWEATHER, OGDEN, POUCHER, ROSSINGTON, SALTER, SCHOLEY, SHARPE, SMITH, SPENCER, SWAN, TAYLOR, WATSON and WILKINSON.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
183 |
| 1841 |
409 |
| 1871 |
404 |
| 1891 |
349 |
| 1911 |
351 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1866 on a site given by Henry CHAPLIN, Member of Parliament, to be used by children from Scopwick and Kirkby Green parishes. Designed for 90 children, average attendance in 1913 was 70.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 19-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]
