Amcotts

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title: "Amcotts" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-the-borough-of-north-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "isle-of-axholme"] description: "Village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-the-borough-of-north-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amcotts" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	St Mark, Amcotts - geograph.org.uk - 423061.jpg
static_image_caption	St Mark's Church, Amcotts
coordinates
official_name	Amcotts
population	262
population_ref	(2011)
unitary_england	North Lincolnshire
lieutenancy_england	Lincolnshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
post_town	Scunthorpe
postcode_district	DN17
postcode_area	DN
os_grid_reference	SE8514
london_distance_mi	145
london_direction	S
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|country = England |static_image_name = St Mark, Amcotts - geograph.org.uk - 423061.jpg |static_image_caption= St Mark's Church, Amcotts |coordinates = |official_name =Amcotts |population = 262 |population_ref=(2011) |unitary_england= North Lincolnshire |lieutenancy_england = Lincolnshire |region= Yorkshire and the Humber |constituency_westminster= Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme |post_town= Scunthorpe |postcode_district = DN17 |postcode_area= DN |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= SE8514 | london_distance_mi= 145 | london_direction= S

Amcotts is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England, and on the Isle of Axholme. The village is situated north-west from Scunthorpe, and on the west bank of the River Trent facing Flixborough on the east bank. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 219 for the parish, increasing to 262 at the 2011 census.

History

Amcotts is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book with eight households.

A chantry chapel was founded in the mid-15th century by Geoffrey Crowle and William Amcotts.

Formerly a township of Althorpe parish, Amcotts was created a civil parish in 1866 and enlarged in 1885 by gaining part of neighbouring Luddington.

Amcotts Grade II listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mark, and was built in 1853 to replace an earlier church dedicated to St Thomas A Becket which fell down in 1849.

Amcotts CE School, built in 1860 as a National School, closed in 1961.

In 1974 properties in the village were subject to significant damage because of the Flixborough disaster.

Marae

The hamlet of "Marae", or "The Marshes" now a deserted medieval village of which no surface evidence remains, was supposedly at the outfall of Mere Dyke on the River Trent, which is now in Amcotts, but then was in Luddington parish which extended to the bank of the Trent until 1885. At the time of Domesday Book of 1086, Marae was listed as having three households.

Population

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Population of Amcotts Civil Parish	Year	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1961	2001	2011	Population	262
397	332	300	278	292	270	242	225	219
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Geography

|title = Destinations from Amcotts |Northwest = Luddington, Eastoft, Goole |North = Burton upon Stather, Alkborough, |Northeast = Normanby by Spital, Winterton, winteringham |West = Crowle, Thorne, |Centre = Amcotts |East = Appleby, Ulceby, Immingham |Southwest = Ealand, Epworth, Doncaster |South = Keadby, Althorpe Gainsborough |Southeast = Crosby, Scunthorpe, Brigg

References

References

1. "Amcotts Civil Parish". Office for National Statistics.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. {{OpenDomesday
4. {{cite PastScape
5. "Amcotts". University of Portsmouth.
6. "Amcotts civil parish (1885)". University of Portsmouth.
7. {{NHLE
8. "Amcotts CE School". Lincolnshire Archives.
9. {{cite PastScape
10. {{OpenDomesday
11. "Amcotts CP/Ch".

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