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{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Original research|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                  England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.53992|-0.09257|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =            Scartho
|civil_parish =
| population =              10,408
| population_ref =          (2011, ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128941&c=DN41+8AZ&d=16&e=62&g=6381778&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1439822700423&enc=1|title=Grimsby ward population 2011|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref>
|lieutenancy_england =      [[Lincolnshire]]
|region =                   Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster = [[Brigg and Immingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Immingham]]
|post_town =                GRIMSBY
|postcode_district =        DN33
|postcode_area =            DN
|dial_code =                01472
|os_grid_reference =        TA265065
|static_image_name =        St Giles Church Scartho.jpg
|static_image_caption =     Church of St Giles, Scartho
|london_distance_mi=        145<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
|london_direction=          S
}}

'''Scartho''' ({{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|s|k|æ|θ|ə}}) is a suburban village in the southern part of [[Grimsby]], in the unitary authority area of [[North East Lincolnshire]], in the ceremonial county of [[Lincolnshire]], England. Scartho's population is approximately 11,000. Up until the end of the Second World War it was a village; subsequent post-war expansion on the greenfield areas between Scartho and Grimsby has resulted in the village becoming an outer suburb. Its population has increased through recent urban developments such as [[Scartho Top]].

== History ==
===Etymology===
Like '[[Grimsby]]' the etymology of the word Scartho can be traced back to having [[Old Norse]] origin, more than likely due to the ancestry of the surrounding area. In ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', A. D. Mills identifies the elements ''skarth'' or ''skafr'' and the ending ''haugr'' to give the meaning as 'Mound near a gap' or a mound 'frequented by cormorants'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A.&nbsp;D. |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-11545?rskey=KfZVuY&result=11615 |title=A Dictionary of British Place Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2011 |accessdate=2014-11-12 }}</ref>

===11th century===
The earliest surviving written reference to Scartho is in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 where it shares an entry with the adjoining parishes of [[Laceby]] and [[Bradley, Lincolnshire|Bradley]].<ref name="OpenDomes">{{OpenDomesday|OS=TA2606|name=scartho|display=Scartho}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7585603&queryType=1&resultcount=1 "Scartho, Lincolnshire"], [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]</ref> The three parishes were under the lordship of Swein, Erik brother of Tosti, and Tosti brother of Erik, in 1066, and after the Norman invasion by [[Odo of Bayeux]], a half-brother of [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]].<ref name="OpenDomes"/>

The church, dedicated to [[Saint Giles]], retains a tower that dates to the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo Saxon]] period, although there have been more recent changes, including the removal of the north wall for an extension as recently as the 1950s.<ref name="PevsnerHarris1989">{{cite book|first=Nikolaus |last=Pevsner|first2=John |last2=Harris|first3=Nicholas |last3=Antram|title=Lincolnshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQqV7kdX1Y0C&pg=PA346|date=January 1989|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-09620-0|page=346}}</ref> Walter Johnson in ''Byways in British Archaeology'' considers the tower to date from the period of church building in the 1042 to 1066 reign of [[Edward the Confessor]] and disagrees with 19th-century suggestions that the stonework shows signs of scorch marks from having been torched during earlier Viking raids.<ref name="Johnson2011">{{cite book|first=Walter |last=Johnson|title=Byways in British Archaeology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZQeHSDPe0MC&pg=PA108|date=18 November 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-22877-0|pages=108–111}}</ref> Rather, Johnson argues, the tower, and others from the same era in Lincolnshire, were built after the period of Viking raids but in a style that reflects a memory of Church towers being used as a place of refuge during those raids.<ref name="Johnson2011"/>

===19th century===
In the first census of the United Kingdom in 1801 Scartho had 135 inhabitants, in 1831 the population was 147.<ref name="Bell1835">{{cite book|first=James |last=Bell|title=A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. &#91;in 2&#93;.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA413|year=1835|page=413}}</ref>

In 1894, a [[workhouse]] and [[wikt:infirmary|infirmary]] were built at a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the west-side of Scartho Road to the south of [[Grimsby]]. These new buildings were opened on 9 October 1894 by the Right Honourable [[John Shaw Lefevre]]. Following the [[Local Government Act 1929]], the [[workhouse]] came under the control of [[Grimsby]] Town Council's [[public assistance committee]] and was renamed Scartho Road Institution.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} After the introduction of the [[National Health]] Act in 1948 it became a general hospital. For many years it was known as Grimsby District General Hospital. Following the erection of the new [[Princess of Wales]]' hospital to the south of the site, a number of the former [[workhouse]] buildings have been demolished or stand empty. Others are still used for administrative or ancillary services.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

===20th century===
Scartho Road is home to the Flower Cottages. Built in 1903, they are named after the order that flowers come into bloom after Winter, starting at number 100 with Snowdrop Cottage, 98 Crocus Cottage, and finishing at number 76. The architect was [[Herbert Scaping]].

In 1916, 13 bombs were dropped on Scartho by a German [[Zeppelin]], but no-one was killed or injured. The site where one bomb fell is now home to a branch of [[Barclays Bank]], an optician, a few shops and a dance school. At the side of the building is a plaque commemorating this event. A monument giving thanks that no-one was hurt can be found at a spot where another bomb fell, in the churchyard of the nearby parish church of St. Giles, itself believed to be nearly a thousand years old. The church itself was badly damaged in the attack.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Scartho was a separate civil parish until 1928. Its northern boundary included part of the area that now forms the [[Nunsthorpe]] housing estate. In that year the greater part of the village was absorbed by Grimsby, with a small part being attached to the parish of [[Waltham, Lincolnshire|Waltham]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Before the Second World War building work commenced on what had been [[Green Belt]] land. These constructions include properties along Scartho Road and the roads off it, including Cragston Avenue, Limetree Avenue and Sycamore Avenue.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

The village saw post-war growth following the then government-policy of local councils building houses to replace those damaged in the war. This led to the development of three estates on green-belt land around the village: Springfield, Fairfield and (on a smaller-scale) the area around Edge Avenue.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} As part of this growth three schools were created – Springfield First and Middle schools, Fairfield First and Middle schools and Scartho First and Middle schools (in Edge Avenue).

In 1958 the village opened its first [[public house]], the Rose and Crown on Louth Road. The Seven Seas opened in 1962 in Springfield.

In 1960 the local council built a swimming pool at the northernmost tip of the village boundary, next to the Barratts Playing Field. This is known locally as 'Scatha Baths'. It was closed in December 2015 and has now been demolished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/bulldozers-move-in-to-demolish-scartho-baths-swimming-pool/story-29483396-detail/story.html|title=Bulldozers move in to demolish Scartho Baths swimming pool|date=7 July 2016|work=Grimsby Telegraph|accessdate=21 August 2016}}</ref>

In 1965 a new shopping arcade on Waltham Road was constructed in the area, followed a few years later by a similar development on the junction of Louth Road and Pinfold Lane which housed two banks and several retail premises.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Between 1974 and 1982 the village saw the construction of the town's new hospital, the Grimsby District General Hospital, next to an existing smaller site. It was opened in 1982 by [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales]]. After her death in 1997 it was renamed the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The nearby [[Scartho Top]] development began in the mid-1990s.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

==Governance==
North East Lincolnshire Council has one council ward within the area of Scartho. All of the councillors for the ward currently are Conservatives. Only in the inaugural council election of 1995, when Labour won all three seats, and in 2012 and 2014, when UKIP won one seat at either election, has it returned a councillor for another party.

Scartho Ward
* Cllr Charlotte Croft 
* Cllr Ian Lindley
* Cllr Ronald Sheppard

In 1921 the [[civil parish]] had a population of 744.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10449844/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Scartho AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=4 May 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1928 the parish was abolished to form Grimsby, part also went to [[Waltham, Lincolnshire|Waltham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10449844|title=Relationships and changes Scartho AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=4 May 2024}}</ref>

From 1974 to 1996 it was in the county of [[Humberside]]. Until 1996 it was in [[Great Grimsby (borough)|Great Grimsby]] district.

== Community ==
Scartho's retail availability includes a [[Spar (retailer)|Spar]] mini-supermarket on Waltham Road, surrounded by a number of other businesses including [[Take-out|take-aways]] and a [[pharmacy]]. The supermarket houses the village Post Office after the long-established facility in Pinfold Lane closed in 2000. At this time one of the villages' two banks ([[Lloyds TSB]] – previously a Lloyds Bank) closed after 33 years of service. On Louth Road is a number of other businesses including a veterinary clinic, a newsagent, a [[building society]] and a pet store.

==Notable people==
*[[Richard A Collins]] (1966) – scientist and author, lived with his parents in [[Holton-le-Clay]] and Scartho for most of his youth.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
*[[Brenda Fisher]] (b.1927) - long-distance and world record swimmer<ref>[http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Amazing-life-Grimsby-s-record-breaking-Channel/story-27564580-detail/story.html"Amazing life of Grimsby's record-breaking Channel swimmer recorded in new book"], ''[[Grimsby Telegraph]]'', 8 August 2015, Retrieved 17 March 2016</ref> 
*[[Hanserd Knollys]] (1599–1691) - an English [[particular Baptist]] minister was appointed rector of the church in the 1640s.<ref name="Howson2001">{{cite book|first=Barry H. |last=Howson|title=Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions: The Questions of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (c. 1599-1691)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKBY3VuWAsMC&pg=PA65|year=2001|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-11997-3|page=65}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=63576 |title=Person: Knollys, Hansard (1629 - 1671) |work=Clergy of the Church of England Database |publisher=[[King's College London]] |accessdate=2014-11-12 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.scartho.com Scartho Village Website]
*[http://www.scartho.co.uk Scartho Village Portal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152217/http://vision.port.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10449844 Historic Scartho]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ftconline/4199391361/ Photograph of the former Grimsby Workhouse]

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[[Category:Geography of Grimsby]]