By Scartho’s heritage celebrated in new exhibition
From Vikings to windmills to the Zeppelin raid 1916, this weekend Scartho’s rich and vibrant heritage will be celebrated in a new exhibition.
The exhibit will take place this Saturday (23 October) at St Giles’ Large Hall, Scartho and is completely free to attend.
Local windmills, the old village school and the Zeppelin raid of 1916 will all feature as part of the exhibition telling the history of Scartho.
The exhibition will examine the changing pattern of land ownership in Scartho.
After the Norman Conquest, most of the land in the village was granted to William the Conqueror’s half-brother, Odo, but by the 18th century, the biggest landowners in the parish included Trinity College (Cambridge), the Earl of Yarborough and the Tennyson family.
Adrian Wilkinson, Archivist, Lincs Inspire, said: “Scartho is not just another suburb of Grimsby; it has a long and rich history of its own. The name of the village is of Viking origin, the church tower is one of the oldest buildings in North East Lincolnshire and the village was subjected to a bombing raid during the First World War.”
The exhibition is part of the ongoing project Streets and Their Stories led by Lincs Inspire Libraries and North East Lincolnshire Archives, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It’s open to all and free to attend.
(Image: Adrian Wilkinson, North East Lincolnshire Archives)
