Susworth is a hamlet in the

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district of

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, England. It is on the east bank of the

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, west from

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, in which

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it lies. The nearest large towns are

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, approximately to the south, and

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7 miles to the north-east. This settlement documented as 'Susworth' was recorded c.1200, parts of which were considered associated with

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. In the second half of the 18th century, before the establishment of the Methodist chapel, invited Wesleyan preachers, one of whom was

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, used a private house in the hamlet. Susworth is recorded in the 1872 '' White's Directory'' as a hamlet of Scotter, others being

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and Cotehouses. There were six farmers in the hamlet, one of whom was also a

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. There was the

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of the White Horse public house who was also a coal merchant, a further coal merchant, two shopkeepers, a

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, a corn miller, a

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, and a foreman maltster. In 1885 Susworth contained a

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chapel. Occupations included ten farmers, a shopkeeper,

, blacksmith, and the

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of the White Horse

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.''

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of Lincolnshire'' 1885, pp. 615, 616 By 1933 there were two Methodist chapels and a church reading room. The number of farmers had dropped to five, with one

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. A shop and the White Horse pub still existed.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire'' 1933, pp. 473, 474 Susworth soldiers killed in the First World War received no memorial within the village; at least eleven Susworth men survived the war. The village contains a centre for

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run by

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,"Civil venues in North Lincolnshire"
North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014 a riverside

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and a post box.

References

External links

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"Scotter"
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