Harman Patil (Editor)

Sturton, North Lincolnshire

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
OS grid reference
  
SE970049

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BRIGG

Shire county
  
Lincolnshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Scunthorpe

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
DN20

District
  
North Lincolnshire

Sturton, North Lincolnshire httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Sturton is a village in the civil parish of Scawby, North Lincolnshire , England. It lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) miles south-west from Brigg, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south from Scawby, to which it is conjoined, and 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the M180 on the B1207.

During the 19th century Kelly's Directory noted that Sturton was a hamlet in the parish of Scawby-cum-Sturton, which also included the hamlet of Scawby Brook, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north-east. The railway station for Sturton and Scawby on the Gainsborough to Brigg line lies within Sturton, 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the south. The station and line was part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

Sturton has three Grade II listed farmhouses: c.1849 Station Farmhouse, late 18th-century Home Farmhouse, and late 18th-century Manor Farmhouse.

References

Sturton, North Lincolnshire Wikipedia