Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a town in the English county of Lincolnshire. She is since 1996 the administrative center of North Lincolnshire unitary authority. Previously, she was since 1974 part of the now-defunct county of Humberside. The industrial city is the biggest center of steel production in the UK and is therefore also called ' Industrial Garden Town'. After Grimsby and Lincoln she is with 72 514 inhabitants ( 2006), the third largest city in Lincolnshire.

  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 3.2 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Sport
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Media
  • 5.3 Formation

Geography

Scunthorpe lies on an escarpment of craggy land (the " Lincoln Cliff" ), transient flows at the lower end of the river Trent. The surrounding area consists of low hills and plains. Although the city has a very industrial character itself, it is surrounded by rich farmland and wooded areas. The city is located 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 in the 1086 Domesday Book as Escumetorp. This is Old Norse for " Skuma 's homestead ", a place that probably located near the market in the city center.

Scunthorpe originally consisted of five small villages. These were Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. Later they merged to form today's town of Scunthorpe. Below the town are rich layers of iron ore and limestone - important elements in the production of steel. In 1981 it was decided to decommission all mines and quarries and import the iron ore because a degradation own reserves due to low iron content in the ore was no longer profitable. This was in harmony with all other iron ore mines of the United Kingdom.

Industrialization

Iron ore was mined already in the area at the time of the Roman occupation in antiquity. After that it was forgotten for centuries and was rediscovered only in 1859 by the industrialist Rowland Winn. This led to a blossoming of the iron and steel industry and rapid population growth in the city and surrounding areas.

Iron ore was first promoted in modern times, in July 1860. In the absence of a railway terminal, the ore was initially, and later transported via carts with a narrow- gauge railway to Gunness shore of the Trent and distributed here on barges. Finally, a railway line from Keadby to the east was at the instigation Winns built over Scunthorpe Barnetby according to transport the ore faster. Construction of the line was begun in 1860 and completed four years later. In addition, Winn made ​​sure that at Scunthorpe close to the iron ore mines, a steel plant was built. 1862 started with the Trent Iron Works to build the first steel plant, which was finally put into operation on 26 March 1864. Within the next twelve years, other four steel plants were built and put into operation. The opening of the last steel plant was finally in 1912.

Three streets in Scunthorpe were named in honor of Rowland Winns after him: The Rowland Road, Winn Street and Oswald Road.

Great damage in parts of the city caused by the Flixborough disaster on June 1, 1974. Here, 28 people lost their lives.

Scunthorpe was on 27 February 2008 near the epicenter of the most violent earthquakes in the United Kingdom since 1984. The resulting clock at 0:56 GMT in 15.4 km depth quake lasted ten seconds, and shook with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale, large parts of Lincolnshire.

Policy

Scunthorpe in the county Humberside 1974-1996

Scunthorpe is a town without its own administration within the Unitary Authority North Lincolnshire. In this case, the city six of the 17 districts of boroughs dar. These are Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway and Town. A total of 16 of the 43 members of the boroughs are elected by the districts Scunthorpes. ( Called charter TRUSTe ) These 16 MPs, which will be provided since 2008, all of the Labour Party, in turn select a mayor for their city.

The Government North Lincolnshire has its headquarters in Pitt Wood House in Ashby Road. The administrative center was opened in 1963 and was until 1996 the seat of Scunthorpe Borough Council. The building was named after Edwin Pitt Wood, a Labour politician from the region. Other rooms are located at Church Square House near the Market Square.

Was the area to historical time still a part of the county of Lincolnshire, it was from 1889 to 1974 part of the county Lindsey. Within the county Scunthorpe received in 1936 a separate municipal borough.

In 1974, when the new county Humberside was established, the city got a borough with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the Humber Bridge on 24 June 1981, a firm connection between the southern and northern part of the county was created. However, they could not secure their future, because the county was dissolved together with its Council on 1 April 1996. My 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, gave the College of Arms her first a coat of arms. This coat of arms was transferred to the new borough in 1974 and is now used by the '' Trustees '' charter of the city.

The green shield and golden wheat sheaf on to show that the area was previously agricultural. In the center of the shield is a piece of chain. It points to the once five federated villages Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby and Ashby. On top of the shield are two fossils of the species gryphoea incurva. This Austernversteinerungen were discovered in rock strata from which iron ore was mined. At the top of the emblem to recognize a blast furnace, which refers to the saying " Refulget labores nostros coelo " or "The heavens reflect our labors ."

Twinning

Scunthorpe is twinned with

  • France Clamart, France
  • Germany Lüneburg, Germany
  • Poland Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland

Culture and sights

Is a famous landmark of the city, which was designed by Robert Smirke, the architect of the British Museum The Normanby Hall ( 1820). Moreover, in the Borough Museum and local archaeological finds are austgestellt. Near the railway station is in the Oswald Road, North Lincolnshire Museum. In the Protestant church of St John (built in 1891 by Rowland Winn ) is now the Visual Arts Centre. The Plowright Theatre - named after Joan Plowright - is located in the Laneham Street. It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.

The Baths Hall is located in the city center at the Doncaster Road. It is an entertainment venue, will be played in the live music, comedy events and award ceremonies. Currently, she is subjected to a multi-million pound refurbishment. Scunthorpe has many pubs, bars and several clubs. The city has also a multiplex cinema, a leisure center, galleries as well as commercial centers.

Sports

The city has with Scunthorpe United (called The Iron ) a football club whose team currently plays in the Football League Championship and play their home games discharges in Glanford Park.

The Rugby Club Scunthorpe RUFC practiced the sport of Rugby Union, Rugby League Brambarians ARLFC plays. Both play their home games at Heslam Park.

With the Scunthorpe Scorpions, the city has an existing since 2005 motorcycle racing team which participates in the British Premier League. The native circular course is located at the Normanby Road Eddie Wright Raceway.

The Appleby- Frodingham Athletic Club uses a place close to the Civic Centre for various sports. He has a clubhouse and a gym. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club, the sports venue is the Quibell Park Stadium.

The leisure center of the city is located in the Carlton Street opposite 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 is still the largest employer in the region; this in turn is the Corus Group. However, this industry has shrunk in recent years, more and more, which led to the closure of the Normanby Park works and the Redbourn complex in the early 80s. The number of employees fell from 27,000 at its zenith up to 4,500 at the present time. Nearby is a party to the steel production Kalkwerk exists. Limestone is mined by Singleton Birch at the nearby quarry. Other industries are mechanical engineering and the food industry. The BOC group has on the northern outskirts ditekt on the A1029 a power plant. Near the BOC is the waste disposal company Waste Control Bell, which is responsible for the region around Scunthorpe. In the Foxhills Industrial Park, many sales companies have their headquarters Key Country Foods produces meat products, ColepCCL produces different varieties spray cans. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foods for restaurants and supermarkets. Ericsson manufactures PCB for the telecommunications industry. In addition, there are other companies, mostly active in the light and processing industries.

According to the Environment Agency Corus 2000 was the seat of one of the most polluting companies of the United Kingdom, whose company in Scunthorpe, Llanwern and Port Talbot produced more dioxins than the next 15 polluters a year. Greenpeace lists the city as well as toxicological hotspot.

Traffic

Scunthorpe lies on the railway line Sheffield Doncaster -Hull. Likewise, here goes past the line from Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport.

Humberside Airport is just a short distance away on the highway east of town. It is the basis of five airlines, and is used mainly for charter flights. However, Eastern Airways and KLM also offer scheduled flights to Aberdeen and Amsterdam.

South of the city limits goes past the M180. It connects the east with Grimsby Thorne west of the city. From there, there are connections to the other motorway network. Before the construction of the highway in 1979, all traffic went through Scunthorpe or via the parallel A18. From the M180 southwest branches of the City of M181 to the north and goes after two miles into the A1077 over. This continues over Barton -upon -Humber until shortly before Immingham.

The bus station of the city is located at the Fenton Street. It is mainly used by the bus company Stagecoach In Lincolnshire, and is beginning and end points of both urban as well as overland routes. Another society is Hornsby Travel.

Media

In the region -to-air radio stations are Lincs FM, Viking FM, BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Television stations in the region are BBC Look North and Calendar, whose coverage area extends over the whole of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The local daily newspaper is the Scunthorpe Telegraph (formerly the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph ) with its online edition, this is called scunthorpe.co.uk Furthermore, there is the free newspaper Scunthorpe Target.

Education

The secondary schools North Lincolnshire currently undergoing a renovation program initiated by the government with an investment of 88 million pounds. The first of these Benefiting school is the Brumby Engineering College in the Cemetery Road. The Foxhills Technology College - specializing in Performing Arts, Maths and Computing in Foxhills Road is located in the north of the town near Crosby and is the first urban school. Original purely technical college, in 2007 came the areas of Performing Arts, 2008 Mathematics and Computer added. Thus she became a High Performing Specialist School. The Frederick Gough School is a language school on Grange Lane South in the south of the town 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 in the Chandos Road to the east of the city. The St Bede 's Catholic School is a college specializing in mathematics and computing, and is administered by the Roman Catholic Church. The St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College is a school for students 11 to 19 years with learning and physical as well as social problems. The High Ridge Specialist Sports College on Doncaster Road on September 1, 2008 on the first urban academy. Today it is known as St Lawrence Academy.

Primary schools there with the Leys Farm Junior School on Park Avenue and Scunthorpe CE Primary School in Gurnell Street.

Personalities

  • Liz Smith ( born 1921 ), actress
  • Alan Walker ( born 1930 ), musicologist
  • Tony Jacklin ( born 1944 ), professional golfer
  • Ian Matthews ( born 1946 ), singer
  • Howard Devoto ( born 1952 ), rock singer and songwriter
  • Martin Simpson ( born 1953 ), singer, guitarist
  • John Gregory (born 1954 ), footballer
  • Carmel McCourt (born 1958 ), singer
  • Peter D. Robinson (born 1969 ), Bishop
  • Reece Mastin (* 1994), singer
  • Tai Woffinden (* 1990), Speedway World Champion
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