Scopwick
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Scopwick is a small village and civil parish in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, situated Template:Convert south from Lincoln. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 815.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>An American Dictionary of the English Language</ref><ref>Chronicle Live</ref>
The village cemetery includes a War Graves site for airmen from RAF Coleby Grange and RAF Digby (originally RAF Scopwick), and includes the grave of the nineteen-year-old Second World War poet and aviator John Gillespie Magee, who wrote the celebrated poem ‘High Flight’.
Part of the brick tower of Scopwick Tower Mill, which was built in 1827 and fell into disuse around 1912, remains standing. Template:Clear left
History
Bronze Age burials and barrows have been found in Scopwick. There is evidence of a 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Scapeuic/Scapewic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 air incident
Two pilots ejected on the morning of Monday 15 June 1964. A BAC Jet Provost exploded in mid-air, from Cranwell. Flt Lt Etches and Flt Lt Denham ejected. They were taken to RAF Hospital Nocton Hall. The fire engines were from RAF Digby and the Kesteven Fire Brigade at Sleaford.<ref>Lincolnshire Echo Monday 15 June 1964, page 1</ref><ref>Sleaford Standard Friday 19 June 1964, page 1</ref><ref>1964 air incident</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
External links
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- Scopwick Village website
- Scopwick Tower Mill
- John Gillespie Magee's grave
- Whites 1842 Lincolnshire entry for Scopwick