Scunthorpe
| Scunthorpe | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 82,334 (as of 2016) | ||
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| Post town | SCUNTHORPE | ||
| ZIP code section | DN 15 - DN 17 | ||
| prefix | 01724 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | Lincolnshire | ||
| District | North Lincolnshire | ||
| British Parliament | Scunthorpe | ||
| Website: http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/ | |||
Scunthorpe is a town in the English county of Lincolnshire . It has been the administrative seat of the Unitary Authority North Lincolnshire since 1996 . It had previously been part of the now defunct Humberside County since 1974 . The industrial city is the largest steel production center in the UK and is therefore also known as the 'Industrial Garden Town'. After Grimsby and Lincoln , it is the third largest city in Lincolnshire with 82,334 inhabitants (as of 2016).
geography
Scunthorpe is on a cliff of rugged land (the "Lincoln Cliff"), at the lower end of which the River Trent flows past. The surrounding area consists of flat hills and wide plains. Although the city itself has a very industrial character, it is surrounded by fertile farmland as well as wooded areas. The town is about a mile east of the Trent, eight miles south of the Humber, and 15 miles west of the Lincolnshire Wolds . The nearest towns are Kingston upon Hull (18 miles northeast), Doncaster (20 miles west), Grimsby (22 miles east), Lincoln (25 miles south) and Sheffield (38 miles west).
history
The city is mentioned as Escumetorp in the Domesday Book in 1086 . This is Old Norse for “Skuma's homestead”, a square that was believed to be downtown near the market.
Scunthorpe originally consisted of five small villages. These were Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. They later merged to form what is now the city of Scunthorpe. Below the city are rich layers of iron ore and limestone - important elements in the manufacture of steel. In 1981 it was decided to shut down all mines and quarries and to import the iron ore, as mining your own deposits was no longer profitable due to insufficient iron content in the ore. This was done in unison with all the other iron ore mines in the UK.
industrialization
Iron ore was mined in the area as early as the times of Roman occupation in ancient times. After that, it was forgotten for centuries and wasn't rediscovered until 1859 by industrialist Rowland Winn . This led to a flourishing of the iron and steel industry as well as high population growth in the city and the surrounding area.
In modern times, iron ore was first mined in July 1860. In the absence of a railroad connection, the ore was initially transported by carts, later by a narrow-gauge railway to Gunness on the banks of the Trent and distributed here on barges. Finally, at the instigation of Winn, a railway line was built from Keadby to the east via Scunthorpe to Barnetby , in order to be able to transport the ore more quickly. Construction of the line began in 1860 and was completed four years later. Winn also ensured that a steel mill was built near Scunthorpe near the iron ore mines. In 1862, the construction of the first steelworks began with the Trent Ironworks , which was finally put into operation on March 26, 1864. Another four steelworks were built and put into operation over the next twelve years. The last steelworks finally opened in 1912.
Three streets in Scunthorpe were named in honor of Rowland Winn: Rowland Road , Winn Street and Oswald Road .
Great damage in parts of the city was caused by the Flixborough disaster on June 1, 1974, killing 28 people.
Scunthorpe was on February 27, 2008 near the epicenter of the most violent tremors in the United Kingdom since 1984. The earthquake, which originated at 12:56 GMT at 15.4 km depth, lasted ten seconds and shook with a magnitude of 5.2 large parts of Lincolnshire on the Richter scale .
politics
Scunthorpe in
Humberside County 1974-1996
Scunthorpe is a city without its own administration within the Unitary Authority of North Lincolnshire . The city represents six of the 17 boroughs. These are Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway and Town. A total of 16 of the borough's 43 MPs are elected by the districts of Scunthorpes. These 16 MPs (called Charter Trustes ), who have all been appointed by the Labor Party since 2008 , in turn elect a mayor for their city.
The North Lincolnshire Government is based at Pittwood House on Ashby Road . The administrative office opened in 1963 and was the seat of the Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. The building was named after Edwin Pittwood, a Labor politician from the region. Additional premises are located in Church Square House near the market square.
Was the area to historic times still a part of the county of Lincolnshire , she was from 1889 to 1974 part of the county Lindsey . Scunthorpe received its own municipal borough within the county as early as 1936.
When the new county of Humberside was established in 1974 , the city got a borough with the same boundaries as the old Municipal Borough. With the opening of the Humber Bridge on June 24, 1981, a permanent link was created between the southern and northern parts of the county. However, they could not secure their future, because on April 1, 1996 the county was dissolved together with its council. It in turn was followed by four Unitary Authorities , one of which is North Lincolnshire .
coat of arms
In 1936, when the city received its own borough, the College of Arms gave it a coat of arms for the first time. This coat of arms was transferred to the new borough in 1974 and is now used by the city's '' Charter Trustees ''.
The green sign and the golden sheaf of wheat indicate that the area used to be dominated by agriculture. There is a piece of chain in the middle of the shield. It points to the once five united villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby and Ashby. At the top of the shield are two fossils of the species Gryphoea incurva . These oyster fossils were discovered in rock layers from which iron ore was mined. At the top of the coat of arms you can see a furnace, which refers to the slogan " Refulget labores nostros coelo " or " The heavens reflect our labor ".
Town twinning
Scunthorpe maintains town twinning with
Culture and sights
The Normanby Hall (1820) is a famous landmark of the city, by Robert Smirke of the architect British Museum , was designed. Local archaeological finds are also on display at the Borough Museum . The North Lincolnshire Museum is close to the train station on Oswald Road . St John's Evangelical Church (built in 1891 by Rowland Winn) is now the Visual Arts Center . The Plowright Theater - named after Joan Plowright - is located on Laneham Street . It was built in 1958 as the Scunthorpe Civic Theater .
The Baths Hall is located in the city center at the Doncaster Road . It is an event hall in which live music, comedy events and award ceremonies are held. It is currently undergoing a multi-million pound renovation. Scunthorpe has many pubs and bars as well as several clubs. The city also has a multiplex cinema, a leisure center, galleries and commercial centers.
Sports
The city owns with Scunthorpe United (called: The Iron ) a football club whose team currently plays in Football League Two and plays its home games in Glanford Park .
The rugby club Scunthorpe RUFC practices the sport of rugby union , Brambarians ARLFC plays rugby league . Both play their home games in Heslam Park .
With the Scunthorpe Scorpions, the city has a motorcycle racing team that has been in existence since 2005 and takes part in the British Premier League. The native circular route is at the Normanby Road located Eddie Wright Raceway .
The Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club uses a space near the Civic Center for various sports. He has a club house and a gym. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club , whose sports facility is the Quibell Park Stadium .
The city's leisure center is on Carlton Street across from the bus station. The Scunthorpe Anchor Swimming Club is based in the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School in Yaddlethorpe.
Economy and Infrastructure
The steel industry continues to be the region's largest employer; this in turn is the Corus group. However, this industry shrank, with the Normanby Park plant and Redbourn complex closing in the early 1980s. The number of employees fell from 27,000 at its peak by 2009 to 4,500. There is a lime works involved in steel production nearby. Limestone is mined by Singleton Birch at the nearby quarry. Other industries are mechanical engineering and the food industry. The BOC Group has a power plant on the northern outskirts of the city directly on the A1029. Bell Waste Control, the waste disposal company responsible for the Scunthorpe region, is close to the BOC. In Foxhills Industrial Park , many distributors are based. Key Country Foods meat products represents ago, ColepCCL produces various types spray cans. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foods for restaurants and supermarkets. Ericsson manufactures printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. In addition, there are other companies, mostly active in the light and processing industries.
According to the Environment Agency , Corus was one of the UK's most polluting companies in 2000, with plants in Scunthorpe, Llanwern and Port Talbot producing more dioxins than the next 15 polluters combined. Greenpeace also lists the city as a toxicological hotspot.
traffic
Scunthorpe is on the Sheffield - Doncaster - Cleethorpes railway , which also has trains to / from Manchester Airport .
The Humberside Airport is a short distance beyond the highway east of town. It is the base of five airlines and is mainly used for charter flights. Eastern Airways and KLM also offer scheduled flights to Aberdeen and Amsterdam, respectively .
The M180 passes south of the urban area . It connects Grimsby in the east with Thorne in the west of the city. From there you have a connection to the rest of the motorway network . Before the motorway was built in 1979, all traffic ran through Scunthorpe or the parallel A18. From the M180, the M181 branches off to the north southwest of the city and merges into the A1077 after two miles. This continues via Barton-upon-Humber to shortly before Immingham .
The city's bus station is on Fenton Street . It is mainly used by the bus company Stagecoach In Lincolnshire and is the start and end point of both inner-city and overland connections. Another company is Hornsby Travel .
media
Radio stations that can be received in the area include Lincs FM , Viking FM , BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire . TV channels in the region include BBC Look North and Calendar , which broadcasts across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .
The local daily newspaper is the Scunthorpe Telegraph (formerly Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph ) with its online edition called this is scunthorpe.co.uk There is also the free newspaper Scunthorpe Target .
education
North Lincolnshire High Schools are currently undergoing a government-initiated renovation program with an investment of £ 88 million. The first school to benefit is Brumby Engineering College on Cemetery Road . The Foxhills Technology College - specializing in Performing Arts, Mathematics and computer in the Foxhills Road is located in the north of the city near Crosby and is the first urban school. Originally a pure technical university, the performing arts areas were added in 2007, followed by mathematics and IT in 2008. Thus it became a High Performing Specialist School . The Frederick Gough School is a language school on Grange Lane South in the south of the city in Bottesford. The Melior Community College finalScore by the merger of South Leys Business & Enterprise College and Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School . Its premises are located on Chandos Road in the east of the city. The St Bede's Catholic School is a college specializing in mathematics and computing and is Catholic Roman Church managed. The St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College is a school for students 11 to 19 years with learning and physical and social problems. The High Ridge Specialist Sports College on Doncaster Road became the city's first academy on September 1, 2008. Today it is known as the St Lawrence Academy .
Primary schools are Leys Farm Junior School on Park Avenue and Scunthorpe CE Primary School on Gurnell Street .
Personalities
- Liz Smith (1921-2016), actress
- Alan Walker (* 1930), musicologist
- Tony Jacklin (born 1944), professional golfer
- Iain Matthews (born 1946), singer
- Howard Devoto (born 1952), rock singer and lyricist
- Martin Simpson (* 1953), singer, guitarist
- John Gregory (born 1954), footballer
- Carmel McCourt (born 1958), singer
- Peter D. Robinson (* 1969), bishop
- Reece Mastin (* 1994), singer
- Tai Wofhaben (* 1990), speedway world champion
- Daniel Bigham (* 1991), cyclist
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC.co.uk: h2g2 - Scunthorpe guide entry
- ^ Letting Agent - Scunthorpe profile
- ^ Population Of Scunthorpe
- ↑ Rowland Winn (1820-1893) ( Memento of May 17, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 (1995 No. 600)
- ^ Electoral Wards . North Lincolnshire Council. Archived from the original on May 5, 2003. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 (1996 No. 263) . Office for Public Sector Information. 1996. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ Youngs, FA, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II , London 1991
- ^ Letters Patent dated September 25, 1936
- ^ The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1974 (1974 No. 869)
- ^ Scott-Giles, CW, Civic Heraldry of England and Wales , 2nd edition, London, 1953
- ^ North Lincolnshire Museum . North Lincolnshire Council. Archived from the original on May 3, 2003. Retrieved on August 3, 2008.
- ^ North Lincolnshire Council: 20-21 Visual Art Center . Archived from the original on March 12, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ↑ Theaters . North Lincolnshire Council. Archived from the original on June 28, 2003. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ Scunthorpe RUFC
- ↑ Scunthorpe Barbarians ARLFC ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Quibell Park Stadium
- ↑ leisure center ( Memento of September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Riddings Pool ( Memento from September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Industry in Scunthorpe
- ^ Incinerator cancer threat revealed | Environment | The Guardian
- ↑ Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ This Is Scunthorpe.co.uk (Scunthorpe Telegraph)
- ↑ BSF ( Memento from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Foxhills Technology College ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Frederick Gough School
- ↑ St.Bede's Catholic School ( Memento of April 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College
- ↑ The St Lawrence Academy ( Memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
