Editing Scrooby (section)

{{short description|Village in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{infobox UK place|
| country = England
| static_image_name = St.Wilfrid's, Scrooby - geograph.org.uk - 173934.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Wilfrid's, Scrooby
| official_name = Scrooby
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4101|-1.0207|scale:25000}}
| map_type = Nottinghamshire
| population = 307
| shire_district = [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
| shire_county = [[Nottinghamshire]]
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]]
| post_town = DONCASTER
| postcode_district = DN10
| postcode_area = DN
| dial_code = 01302
| os_grid_reference = SK 652908
| type = [[Village#United_Kingdom|Village]] and [[civil parish]]
| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| static_image_2_name = {{infobox mapframe|frame-width=240|frame-height=280|zoom=12}}
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.51
| population_ref = (2021)
| website = {{url|https://www.scrooby.net}}
| london_direction = SSE
| london_distance_mi = 135
}}

'''Scrooby''' is a small village on the [[River Ryton]] in north [[Nottinghamshire]], England, near [[Bawtry]] in South Yorkshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 329,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798356&c=Scrooby&d=16&e=15&g=477684&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206365039537&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Scrooby CP (Parish"]</ref> in 2011 the count was 315<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> and by the 2021 census this had fallen further to 307 residents.<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> Until 1766, it was on the [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]] so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including [[Queen Elizabeth I]] and [[Cardinal Wolsey]] on their journeys. The latter stayed at the Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour.

[[File:Scrooby village addison.PNG|thumb|left|Scrooby village circa 1911]]
In 958, [[Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] granted an estate including land at ''Scroppenþorpe'', including an area now in the modern Scrooby, to [[Oscytel]], [[Archbishop of York]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=David |editor-last=Woodman |title=Charters of Northern Houses|series=Anglo-Saxon Charters |volume=16 |pages=116–117|publisher= Oxford University Press for the British Academy |location =Oxford, UK |year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-726529-1}}</ref> The Manor House belonged to the Archbishops of York and so was sometimes referred to as a palace. (A nearby former farmhouse is still called Palace Farm.) At the end of the sixteenth century, the house was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's [[bailiff]], who was also [[postmaster]]. His son, also named [[William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)|William]], took that post in the 1590s after a job as an assistant to the Secretary of State under Queen Elizabeth I. 

[[image:Former farmhouse at Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4259585.jpg|thumb|The remnant of the Manor House]]

The junior William had been schooled in [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] University, at the same time as the infamous Welsh [[Protestant]] [[English dissenters|Separatist]] firebrand, [[John Penry]]. He had also worked for the English Ambassador to the [[Netherlands]], a hotbed for exiled Separatists and [[Brownist]]s, for 12 years prior to taking up the role of bailiff and postmaster at Scrooby.<ref>Tomkins, Stephen. 2020. ''The Journey to the Mayflower''. Hodder, Hachette UK. pp.259</ref>

Young William Brewster evidently became dissatisfied with the [[Anglican Church]] as it was developing at the time. It appears at least from the 1590s he had acquired Protestant or even [[Brownist]] beliefs, judging by his children's names. The earlier Jonathan was joined by Fear, Love, Patience, and [[Wrestling Brewster]]. 

After being jailed for a short time due to hosting a Separatist church in the Manor,<ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brewster, William" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 514.</ref> William Brewster attempted to leave Scrooby for the Netherlands in 1607. After an unsuccessful first attempt, Brewster succeeded in 1608.  He eventually went to [[New England]] in 1620 on the [[Mayflower]], as one of the people later called [[Pilgrim Fathers]].  The Manor House was demolished early in the 19th century, though the levelled area where it stood can still be made out, as can the twin sets of steps (now just grassy banks) that led down to the ornamental ponds.   All that remain are a cottage (perhaps intended for a resident official and not open to the public, though it has commemorative plaques), a substantial brick dovecote and the fishponds. Notice boards direct visitors to the best places to view the historic sites which today are private property.

The [[St Wilfrid's Church, Scrooby|parish church of St Wilfrid]] has an octagonal spire.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.</ref> Other buildings of interest are the remaining buildings on the site of the former manor house, the mill, the old [[vicarage]], the village's historic farmhouses, and the [[Animal pound|pinfold]]. The village [[Livestock|stocks]] were sold to America, more than a hundred years ago.

[[File:Scrooby Gibbet.jpg|thumb|left|Gibbet Hill Lane refers to the grim events of 1779]]
Just north of Scrooby, the road that links the [[A638 road|A638]] and the [[A614 road|A614]] is called [[Gibbet]] Hill Lane. This lane is so named after a brutal crime that took place early in the morning of 3 July 1779 when John Spencer, who had been playing cards with Scrooby's [[tollhouse|toll-bar]] keeper, William Yeadon, and his mother (then on a visit), returned to the [[tollhouse]] and killed both of them. The crime was enacted for the purposes of robbery, and Spencer gained re-admittance under a pretence that a [[Droving|drove]] of cattle wished to pass that way. Spencer was interrupted by travellers in the act of dragging one body across the road towards the [[River Ryton]], and arrested shortly thereafter by a search party.<ref>White Francis & Co (1864). ''History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County, and of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham''.p.693</ref> He was executed following a trial at [[Nottingham]] [[Assizes]], and his body afterwards hung in a gibbet cage on a slope south of the Ryton now denominated Gibbet Hill.<ref>''Tales from the Gibbet Post (Scrooby's Toll-booth Murders)''. Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. Kindle Edition. [[Amazon Standard Identification Number|ASIN]]: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-From-The-Gibbet-Post-ebook/dp/B00D2B8OWA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385753992&sr=8-1&keywords=daniel+codd B00D2B8OWA]</ref>