Editing Scopwick

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
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| static_image_caption = Church of the Holy Cross, Scopwick
| country = England
| official_name = Scopwick
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| coordinates = {{coord|53.108674|-0.405056|display=inline,title}}
| population = 815
| population_ref = ([[2011 United Kingdom census|2011]])
| shire_district = [[North Kesteven]]
| shire_county = [[Lincolnshire]]
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [[Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)|Sleaford and North Hykeham]]
| post_town = [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]
| postcode_district = LN4
| postcode_area = LN
| dial_code = 01526
| os_grid_reference = TF068580
| london_distance_mi = 115<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
| london_direction = S
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'''Scopwick''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] in the district of [[North Kesteven]], [[Lincolnshire]], England, situated  {{convert|6|mi|km}} south from [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 815.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128247&c=Scopwick&d=16&e=62&g=6446644&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1463835081125&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=21 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The parish includes Kirkby Green, a hamlet to the east of Scopwick. The village main road runs parallel to a narrow stream.

The name Scopwick comes from [[old English]]. Scaep was an old word for sheep and wick meant farm.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJ4RAAAAIAAJ&dq=scop+sheep+english&pg=PA749 An American Dictionary of the English Language]</ref><ref>[https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/find-out-how-north-east-11985477 Chronicle Live]</ref>

[[File:Magee Grave.JPG|thumb|100px|left|Grave of John Gillespie Magee]]
The village cemetery includes a [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|War Graves]] site for airmen from [[RAF Coleby Grange]] and [[RAF Digby]] (originally RAF Scopwick), and includes the grave of the nineteen-year-old [[World War II|Second World War]] poet and aviator [[John Gillespie Magee Jr.|John Gillespie Magee]], who wrote the celebrated poem ‘[[High Flight]]’.

Part of the brick tower of Scopwick [[Tower mill|Tower Mill]], which was built in 1827 and fell into disuse around 1912, remains standing.
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== History ==

[[Bronze Age]] burials and barrows have been found in Scopwick. There is evidence of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] settlement (coins, pottery, burials and a dwelling). A Saxon coin found in the village depicts [[Offa]] and has been dated to 757–796 AD.<ref>[https://www.digital-documents.co.uk/cgi-bin/web-archi.pl?ARCHIFormNGRLetter=TF&ARCHIFormNGR_x=07&ARCHIFormNGR_y=58&password=freesearch@freesearch.com&TownName=SCOPWICK&county=Lincolnshire&distance=10000&period=&font_size=&placename=Scopwick&info2search4=archi_town_search&keywords= Archi UK]</ref>

The village is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as Scapeuic/Scapewic.<ref>[https://www.digital-documents.co.uk/cgi-bin/web-archi.pl?ARCHIFormNGRLetter=TF&ARCHIFormNGR_x=07&ARCHIFormNGR_y=58&password=freesearch@freesearch.com&TownName=SCOPWICK&county=Lincolnshire&distance=10000&period=&font_size=&placename=Scopwick&info2search4=archi_town_search&keywords= Archi UK]</ref>

==Geography and ecology==

A limestone stream runs through the village toward Kirkby Green and terminates near the railway. Wildlife on the stream includes [[moorhen]], [[mallard]], [[water mint]] and [[hart's tongue fern]]. Around Scopwick Hall there is a small deciduous woodland. To the northwest of the village is a quarry.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Scopwick}}
*[http://www.macla.co.uk/scopwick/ Scopwick Village website]
*[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1280676 Scopwick Tower Mill]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050309203730/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/Magee.htm John Gillespie Magee's grave]
*[http://www.macla.co.uk/scopwick/scop1842.htm Whites 1842 Lincolnshire entry for Scopwick]

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[[Category:Villages in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:North Kesteven District]]


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