Sturton, North Lincolnshire

Sturton
Manor Farm, Sturton
Sturton  Sturton shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SE970049
– London	140 mi (230 km)  S
District	North Lincolnshire
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIGG
Postcode district	DN20
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°31′43″N 0°32′24″W / 53.52869°N 0.540111°W

Sturton is a village in the civil parish of Scawby, North Lincolnshire (where the population is included), England. It lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) miles south-west from Brigg, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south from Scawby, to which it is conjoined, and 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the M180 on the B1207.

During the 19th century Kelly's Directory noted that Sturton was a hamlet in the parish of Scawby-cum-Sturton, which also included the hamlet of Scawby Brook, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north-east. The railway station for Sturton and Scawby on the Gainsborough to Brigg line lies within Sturton, 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the south.^[1] The station and line was part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.^[2]

Sturton has three Grade II listed farmhouses: c.1849 Station Farmhouse,^[2] late 18th-century Home Farmhouse,^[3][4] and late 18th-century Manor Farmhouse.^[5]

References

1. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 614
2. Historic England. "Station Farmhouse, Station Road (1346508)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
3. Historic England. "Home Farmhouse (1083722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
4. "Home Farm Buildings, Sturton, Nr. Brigg, North Lincolnshire", Jasmartin.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2011
5. Historic England. "Manor Farmhouse (1346486)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2011.