Editing Scunthorpe (section)

===Civic history===
{{see also|Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe}}

[[File:Church of St. Lawrence, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 586834.jpg|thumb|left|Church of St. Lawrence]]
In 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire, [[Parts of Lindsey]] [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]]. Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe [[local board of health]] was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] council. At the same time the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham were also constituted an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]. The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with the [[Civil parishes of England|parishes]] of Crosby and Ashby in 1919 to form an enlarged Scunthorpe urban district.<ref>[http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450380 Scunthorpe CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a [[municipal borough]] in 1936.<ref>Youngs, F.&nbsp;A., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II'', London 1991</ref>

Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of [[Humberside]] in 1974, and a new [[non-metropolitan district]], the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the [[Humber Bridge]] on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and [[Humberside County Council]]) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four [[unitary authorities]].

The previous Humberside districts of [[Glanford]] and Scunthorpe, and that part of [[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]] district south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of [[Crowle, Lincolnshire|Crowle]], [[Eastoft]], [[Luddington, North Lincolnshire|Luddington]], Haldenby and [[Amcotts]], now compose the unitary authority of [[North Lincolnshire]].<ref name=humbso /> On amalgamation [[charter trustees]] were formed for Scunthorpe,<ref name=trustees /> and they continue to elect a town mayor.
[[File:Scunthorpe arms.png|left|thumb|upright|Arms of former [[municipal borough]] of Scunthorpe]]