78-670: Scunthorpe Civic Centre , also known as Pittwood House , is a municipal building in Ashby Road in Scunthorpe , a town in Lincolnshire in England. The building served as the headquarters of Scunthorpe Municipal Borough Council and later of North Lincolnshire Council, but is now used as a university campus. It is a Grade II listed building . Following significant population growth in the late 19th century, largely associated with
156-512: A Safeway ) have their store on the site of the old Scunthorpe United stadium, The Old Show Ground. Morrisons have a store at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill (known locally as "Motlash") ( A18 road ) at the Lakeside Retail Park, on the eastern entrance to the town, while Asda have a store on Burringham Road. In 2011 Asda opened another store in the former Netto, on Carlton Street. On 24 October 2014 Marks and Spencer's returned to
234-401: A charter of incorporation , constituting the area a municipal borough. The attempts to incorporate large industrial towns such as Birmingham , Bolton , Manchester and Sheffield by Whig and Radical "incorporationists" were bitterly contested by Tory "anti-incorporationists". The Tory objections to the legality of the charters led to them boycotting elections to the new boroughs until
312-453: A justice of the peace . The mayor was also required to serve as returning officer for parliamentary elections, except in those boroughs which were counties corporate , where the borough council appointed a sheriff whose duties included serving as returning officer. To fund their work the borough council was allowed to set and collect rates . Municipal boroughs were not automatically given powers to provide or maintain infrastructure under
390-469: A mayor , aldermen and councillors to oversee many local affairs. The legislation required all municipal corporations to be elected according to a standard franchise, based on property ownership. The Act reformed 178 boroughs with effect from 1 January 1836. At the same time, a procedure was established whereby the inhabitant householders of a town could petition the Crown via the privy council to grant
468-666: A municipal borough in 1936. Scunthorpe was originally dominated, socially, politically and culturally, by Rowland Winn , the most significant landowner in the district. By the First World War local working class culture, drawing on trade unions and the Labour Party had emerged to challenge the Conservative Party's hegemony. The town appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Escumesthorpe , which
546-508: A four-storey north wing, housing offices, and a two-storey east wing, with the council chamber on the ground floor, and committee rooms above. Between the blocks is a link containing the main entrance, and there is a 1980s restaurant in the angle of the wings. In the entrance hall is a 4th-century Romano-British mosaic of the goddess of agriculture, Ceres , which was excavated from a Roman villa in Winterton in 1959. The council chamber block
624-412: A handful of cities the chief magistrate was granted the further dignity of lord mayor . The corporation was a body corporate with perpetual succession, and included all registered electors or "burgesses" of the borough. However, the actual administration was carried out by a town council, which was in effect a committee representative of the community at large. All those eligible to vote were entered in
702-513: A local authority in an unreformed state; the City undertook a major reform of its democratic structure in 2005. In 1873 the Association of Municipal Corporations was formed to represent the interests of the boroughs collectively; its membership included both county and non-county boroughs. The AMC was later to be a strong advocate for expanding county boroughs and unitary local government, and it
780-616: A magnitude of 5.2. Significant shocks were felt in Scunthorpe and the North Lincolnshire vicinity. The main 10-second quake, which struck at 00:56 GMT on 27 February 2008, at a depth of 9.6 mi (15.4 km), was second only to a 1984 quake, with a magnitude of 5.4, in North Wales . Scunthorpe forms an unparished area located within the borough and unitary authority of North Lincolnshire . The town forms six of
858-462: A new Marks and Spencer store opened near the football ground in 2014. However the size of the remaining retail units reflects the size of the area's population and with larger shopping facilities within reasonable travelling distance in Grimsby , Hull , Doncaster , Lincoln , Leeds and at Meadowhall , Sheffield . The once-thriving market, mostly under cover in market halls just to the north of
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#1732776379851936-475: A number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby Epworth at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months. The team mascot is called the "Scunny Bunny". Semi-professional sides within the Town or greater town boundaries include Appleby Frodingham and Bottesford Town . Local teams play in the Scunthorpe & District Football League . Municipal borough A municipal borough
1014-555: A population of 81,286 in 2021. Scunthorpe as a town came into existence due to the exploitation of the local ironstone which began in 1859; iron production commenced in 1864, steel smelting in 1891. Scunthorpe's population grew from 1,245 in 1851 to 11,167 in 1901 and 45,840 in 1941. The boundaries of Scunthorpe expanded to include the former villages of Bottesford , Frodingham , Crosby , Brumby and Ashby . Scunthorpe became an urban district in 1891, merged as 'Scunthorpe, Brumby and Frodingham Urban District' in 1919, and became
1092-584: A single site: the Foundry Shopping Centre and the Parishes Centre. The former was constructed in the late 1960s/early 1970s during a wholesale reconstruction of the old town; the latter was constructed in the early part of the 2000s decade on the site of the town's old bus station. There are also many well known retailers on High Street. On 6 January 2011 Marks and Spencer closed their High Street store after 80 years of trading, but
1170-551: Is built of white stone panels, and the roof is partly covered in copper. The office block has a concrete-covered steel frame, clad in slate, and hardwood windows with steel panels below. The building was grade II listed in 1998. Scunthorpe Scunthorpe ( / ˈ s k ʌ n θ ɔːr p / ) is an industrial town in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire , England. It is Lincolnshire's third most populous settlement, after Lincoln and Grimsby , with
1248-604: Is from the Old Norse Skumasþorp meaning "Skuma's homestead", a site which is believed to be in the town centre, close to Market Hill. Scunthorpe is located close to an outcrop of high-lime-content ironstone (~25% iron average) from a seam of the Lias Group strata which dates from the Early Jurassic period and runs north–south through Lincolnshire. Ironstone was mined by open cast methods from
1326-562: Is on Oswald Road, near the railway station . The former church of St John the Evangelist is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre. The Plowright Theatre , named after Joan Plowright , is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street and also near the railway station ). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre. The Baths Hall , reopened in 2011, a 1,700 capacity venue also hosts visiting musical and theatrical events. The Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir from Scunthorpe won
1404-421: Is on West Common Lane and North Lindsey College is close by on Kingsway (A18). Scunthorpe's only university is UCNL, which offers undergraduate courses to approximately 1,500 students. There are three schools within this category: St Luke's Primary School; St Hugh's Special School; and Trent View College (which is yet to be inspected) The area is served by Humberside Police . According to Home Office data
1482-516: Is serviced by two train companies, TransPennine Express and Northern Trains . TransPennine Express eastbound trains to Cleethorpes call at platform 1, whilst TransPennine Express westbound services to Liverpool Lime Street and the Northern westbound stopping service to Doncaster use platform 2. The M180 passes five miles (8.0 km) south of Scunthorpe and connects to the town via the M181 and
1560-655: Is situated at the terminus of the M181 , 42 miles (68 km) from Sheffield . Nearby towns and cities are Hull (18 miles northeast), Doncaster (20 miles west), Grimsby (22 miles east) and York (46 miles northwest). Scunthorpe is approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of South Yorkshire and 8 miles (13 km) south by south west to the East Riding of Yorkshire . Like most of the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe has an oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb). Average temperatures are around 20 °C (68 °F) in
1638-415: The 2021 Census , Scunthorpe had a population of 81,286, while the urban area had a slightly larger population of 84,665 and this extends to the nearby village of Messingham , to the south of the town. At the 2021 Census, the local population was recorded at 90.4% White British , followed by 6% British Asian , 1.4% Mixed-race British , 1.2% Other ethnic minorities and 0.8% Black British . This makes
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#17327763798511716-649: The A1077M . Before the M180 was opened in 1979, all east–west traffic took the A18 over Keadby Bridge . Humberside Airport is a short drive to the east along the M180. The town's bus station is off Fenton Street. The bus station is predominantly used by Stagecoach in Lincolnshire that operate services within and out of the town along with Hornsby Travel. East Yorkshire operate services to Hull and Goole . According to
1794-654: The Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company , part of the United Steel Companies ; the Redbourn Iron Works , part of Richard Thomas and Company of South Wales (later Richard Thomas and Baldwins ); and John Lysaght 's Normanby Iron Works , part of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds . In 1967 all three works became part of the nationalised British Steel Corporation (BSC), leading to a period of further consolidation – from
1872-698: The English Football League . At the end of the 2006–07 season they won promotion to the Football League Championship as champions of League One , with 3 games to spare, when they defeated Huddersfield Town at home. They amassed a total of 91 points, and never trailed from January on, despite being outsiders earlier in the season. The last time they had played in the second division was for 44 years previously. The club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to Crystal Palace . However, they returned to
1950-484: The Humber Bridge on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and Humberside County Council ) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four unitary authorities . The previous Humberside districts of Glanford and Scunthorpe, and that part of Boothferry district south of
2028-527: The Local Government Act 1888 . Boroughs were divided into two sorts, with some becoming county boroughs which were entirely self-governing and independent from county council administration. The non-county boroughs had more limited powers of self-government, and shared power with county councils. In 1894, towns which had not been incorporated as boroughs became urban districts with similar powers to municipal boroughs. The title of "borough"
2106-545: The Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph ) with an online version at www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk . Scunthorpe has a leisure centre ( The Pods ) next to Pittwood House, museum, galleries, craft centres, several clubs, pubs and bars, a Vue multiplex cinema adjacent to the bus station. The Baths Hall in Doncaster Road was a popular music venue, before it was closed because of the costs of bringing
2184-626: The late Middle Ages they had come under royal control, with corporations established by royal charter . These corporations were not popularly elected: characteristically they were self-selecting oligarchies , were nominated by tradesmen's guilds or were under the control of the lord of the manor . A Royal commission was appointed in 1833 to investigate the various borough corporations in England and Wales. In all 263 towns were found to have some form of corporation created by charter or in existence by prescription . The majority had self-elected common councils, whose members served for life. Where there
2262-476: The parishes of Crosby and Ashby in 1919 to form an enlarged Scunthorpe urban district. Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a municipal borough in 1936. Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of Humberside in 1974, and a new non-metropolitan district , the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of
2340-434: The "burgess roll", which was compiled by the town clerk annually. The town council of each municipal borough consisted of a mayor, aldermen, and councillors. The councillors were directly elected by the burgesses for a three-year term, with one-third of their membership retiring each year. Boroughs with a population of more than 6,000 were divided into wards with separate elections held in each ward annually. One-quarter of
2418-420: The 1835 Act had powers relating to electoral registration , providing a watch , making byelaws , and holding various civil and criminal courts. The types of courts which could be held depended on whether the borough had been given a separate commission of the peace or its own quarter sessions ; those which had their own quarter sessions were also required to appoint a coroner . The mayor was ex officio made
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2496-543: The 1835 Act. Many boroughs were covered by separate bodies of improvement commissioners responsible for matters such as paving, lighting and cleaning streets, supplying water and providing sewers. These improvement commissioners continued to exist alongside the borough councils unless the commissioners chose to transfer their powers to the council. From 1848 onwards local boards could also be established for providing infrastructure and overseeing public health. Where local board districts were created covering municipal boroughs
2574-458: The 1840 Act in 1926, allowing urban districts to petition the Governor for a charter of incorporation. Accordingly, by 1972 the number of boroughs had increased to 12 in number. The system of local government was reorganised in 1973, with 26 local government districts replacing all county and municipal boroughs as well as urban and rural districts . The city or borough status conferred by
2652-518: The 1850s onwards, and by underground mining from the late 1930s. In the 1970s the steel industry in Scunthorpe began to use of ores imported from outside the UK with higher iron content. Underground mining in the area ceased in 1981. Scunthorpe was close to the epicentre (at Middle Rasen ) of the 2008 Market Rasen earthquake , the second largest earthquake experienced in the British Isles, which had
2730-676: The 1970s the use of local or regional ironstone diminished, being replaced by imported ore via the Immingham Bulk Terminal . Conversion to the Linz-Donawitz process (or "basic oxygen" process) of steel making from the open hearth process took place from the late 1960s onwards and was complete by the 1990s. Both the Normanby Park and the Redbourn works closed in the early 1980s. Following privatisation in 1988
2808-589: The Central Library, at the eastern end of the High Street, had shrunk noticeably in the last ten years, and has now moved to the new St John's Market, close to the Bus Station. The opening date was 22 March 2019. All of the big food retailers are represented in the area. There is a Tesco Extra , and an Aldi (in the former Toys R Us unit) opposite the football ground, while Sainsbury's (formerly
2886-924: The Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Scunthorpe for the first time got relegated from the Football League . A further relegation in the 2022–23 season consigned Scunthorpe United to the National League North. England stars Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence both played for Scunthorpe United in the early 1970s before signing for Liverpool , where they made their names. Former England cricket captain Ian Botham played
2964-546: The English boroughs, and each borough was divided into wards with three, six or nine councillors per ward and one alderman for every three councillors. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 designated the six largest municipalities ( Belfast , Cork , Dublin , Limerick , Derry and Waterford ) as county boroughs. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced a system of proportional representation into municipal elections. Wards were replaced by electoral areas, and
3042-598: The Foxhills Industrial Park, north of the A1077 northern bypass, are many distribution companies, notably a large building owned by the Nisa co-operative type mutual organisation which has its UK headquarters there. Also on the Foxhills Industrial Park is a 500,000 square foot factory occupied by Wren Kitchens , employing 350 full-time workers. 2 Sisters Food Group have a large chicken processing plant in
3120-652: The Trent. The surrounding environs are largely low-lying hills and plains. Although the town itself is heavily industrial it is surrounded by fertile farmland and wooded areas. In terms of general location it lies a mile east of the River Trent , 8 miles (13 km) south of the Humber Estuary , 15 miles (24 km) west of the Lincolnshire Wolds and 25 miles (40 km) north of Lincoln . The town
3198-459: The abolished boroughs were inherited by one of the new local authorities. District councils were permitted to apply for a charter to receive borough status , while small municipal boroughs became successor parishes with town councils headed by a town mayor. In a few cases charter trustees , a special committee of district councillors, were formed to perpetuate the mayoralty of a town or city. The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 followed
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3276-400: The area has crime rates higher than the national average, especially in the categories of violence against the person, sexual offences, burglary and theft of motor vehicles. The town has a former Football League club, Scunthorpe United (nicknamed "The Iron") who play at Glanford Park . For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the lower leagues of
3354-436: The area iron production in the area rapidly expanded using local ironstone and imported coal or coke. Rapid industrial expansion in the area led directly to the development of the town of Scunthorpe, eventually incorporating several other former hamlets and villages, in a formerly sparsely populated entirely agricultural area. From the early 1910s to the 1930s the industry consolidated, with three main ownership concerns formed –
3432-404: The borough council was often, but not always, appointed to serve as the local board. In some places it was deemed necessary for the local board district to cover a larger or smaller territory than the borough, in which case a separate local board was elected. The overlapping functions of borough councils, improvement commissioners and local boards were gradually consolidated. Many boroughs took over
3510-479: The borough was elected for a one-year term, although he was eligible for re-election indefinitely. Under the original legislation the mayor was required to be a councillor or alderman. The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 empowered the council to elect any suitably qualified inhabitant of the borough as mayor. However, the mayoralty continued to be almost universally conferred on a senior alderman or councillor. Municipal elections were originally held on 1 November, with
3588-538: The borough's seventeen wards, namely Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and Town. The Scunthorpe wards elect 16 of the borough's 43 councillors. As of 2018, 26 are members of the Conservative party , and 13 are members of the Labour party . The councillors form the charter trustees of the Town of Scunthorpe and they continue to elect a town mayor. North Lincolnshire Council
3666-1325: The building up to scratch, and dealing with industrial contamination on site. The Labour Council prevented the Baths from being demolished in 2007 and commenced a major rebuild of the venue, which has involved demolishing all but the facade of the building. The building re-opened in November 2011. Primary schools include: Frodingham Infant School; Scunthorpe CofE Primary School; Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue; Bushfield Road Infant School; Crosby Primary School; Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy; Berkeley Primary School; Oasis Academy Parkwood; Lincoln Gardens Primary School; Priory Lane Community School; St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy; Westcliffe Primary School; The Grange Primary School; Oakfield Primary School; Willoughby Road Primary Academy; Enderby Road Infant School; Leys Farm Junior School; St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School; and Holme Valley Primary School Secondary schools within Scunthorpe include: The St Lawrence Academy; Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire; Outwood Academy Brumby; Outwood Academy Foxhills; Melior Community Academy; St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy; and Frederick Gough School John Leggott Sixth-Form College (JLC)
3744-462: The company, together with the rest of BSC, became part of Corus (1999), later Tata Steel Europe (2007). In 2016 the long products division of Tata Steel Europe was sold to Greybull Capital with Scunthorpe as the primary steel production site. In May 2019, after a drop in future orders, and a breakdown in rescue talks between the government and the company's owner, Greybull, British Steel Limited entered insolvency. Industries associated with
3822-403: The council were aldermen , who were elected by the council for a six-year term. Half of the aldermen were elected every third year at the council's annual meeting. It was originally envisaged that the council would choose persons from outside of the municipal body. In practice, however, the aldermanic benches were almost exclusively filled by the promotion of long-serving councillors. The mayor of
3900-430: The council's responsibilities grew and, by the mid-1950s, the existing premises were inadequate. Civic leaders therefore decided to commission a more substantial building. The site they selected, on Ashby Road, was open land. Construction of the new building started in 1960. It was designed by Charles B. Pearson and Partners in the modernist style , built with a steel frame cased in concrete and with extensive glazing, and
3978-574: The enactment of the Borough Charters Confirmation Act 1842 . A number of further acts of parliament amended the 1835 legislation. All of these were repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 . The 1882 Act and the consolidating Local Government Act 1933 provided the statutory basis for municipal boroughs up to their abolition. An important change in the 1933 legislation removed
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#17327763798514056-483: The entire council was to be elected triennially. Separate elections of aldermen and councillors were ended, with all members of the council elected by popular vote. One-quarter of the elected members were entitled to the title of "alderman", which was used to designate the first candidates elected in each area. The remaining successful candidates being "councillors". Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , Ireland
4134-600: The example of the legislation in England and Wales. Unlike the 1835 Act, the Irish Act abolished nearly all of the country's boroughs, reforming just 10. Inhabitants of the larger of the abolished boroughs or of any town with a population of 3,000 could petition the crown for incorporation under the Act. In the event, only one additional borough was created when Wexford received a charter of incorporation in 1846. The corporation and town council were identical in their constitution to
4212-582: The former civic centre was subsequently handed over to the University Campus North Lincolnshire, a joint venture between North Lindsey College and the University of Lincoln . The conversion works, which involved the conversion of the council chamber into a lecture theatre and the conversion of the offices into teaching spaces, was carried out by contractors, Britcon, and completed in summer 2020. The L-shaped building has
4290-689: The functions of commissioners or separate local boards under the Public Health Act 1872, which established urban sanitary districts , with borough councils usually being designated as the urban sanitary authority. There were a handful of exceptions where commissioners and local boards continued to operate alongside borough councils until the Local Government Act 1888 required the remaining anomalies to be addressed; from 1889 all borough councils were sanitary authorities with powers to provide infrastructure and oversee public health. In 1889, county councils were created across England and Wales under
4368-598: The mayoral election and filling of aldermanic vacancies on 9 November. Elections were cancelled during the First and Second World Wars , and the November 1948 elections were postponed until May 1949. From that date, municipal elections were held on the second Thursday of May. In view of the forthcoming local government reorganisation, the 1972 elections were rescheduled to 4 May, with no elections in 1973 and all sitting councillors and aldermen holding their seats until midnight on 31 March 1974. The municipal boroughs created under
4446-560: The municipal charters passed to the new district councils. Nine boroughs (four county boroughs and five municipal boroughs) were within the territory of the Irish Free State in 1922. Two new boroughs were created by statute. In 1930, the borough of Dún Laoghaire was created by the amalgamation of the four urban districts of Blackrock , Dalkey , Kingstown , and Killiney and Ballybrack in County Dublin . This borough
4524-404: The new borough council formed in 1974, and are now used by the town's charter trustees. The green shield and golden wheatsheaf recall that the area was until recently agricultural in nature. Across the centre of the shield is a length of chain. This refers to the five villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby & Ashby linking together as one. At the top of the shield are two fossils of
4602-482: The northern boundaries of the parishes of Crowle , Eastoft , Luddington , Haldenby and Amcotts , now compose the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire . On amalgamation charter trustees were formed for Scunthorpe, and they continue to elect a town mayor. When Scunthorpe was incorporated as a borough in 1936, it also received a grant of a coat of arms from the College of Arms . These arms were transferred to
4680-523: The powers of a parish council . Seven small boroughs in Cornwall, Devon and Shropshire underwent this process. The remaining municipal boroughs, of which there were over 200, were abolished on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 . In England, they were replaced by metropolitan or non-metropolitan districts and in Wales by districts . In most cases, the civic privileges and coat of arms of
4758-571: The right to petition for incorporation from inhabitant householders. In future, petitions could only be made by existing urban or rural district councils. The boroughs unreformed by the Act were not immediately abolished. Several of them subsequently sought new charters as municipal boroughs; those that did not were finally abolished in 1887 by the Municipal Corporations Act 1886. Only the City of London Corporation survived as
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#17327763798514836-631: The species Gryphaea incurva . These remains of oysters, known as the "devil's toenails", were found in the rock strata from which ironstone was quarried. The crest, on top of the helm, shows a blast furnace. This is also referred to in the Latin motto: Refulget labores nostros coelum or The heavens reflect our labours popularly attributed to the glow observed in the night sky from the steelmaking activities. Scunthorpe lies on an escarpment of ridged land (the Lincoln Cliff ) which slopes down towards
4914-406: The steel industry, the town appointed a local board of health in 1890. Scunthorpe became an urban district in 1894, and, in this context, civic leaders established council offices, along with a Carnegie library , on Old Station Road (now known as High Street East). However, following amalgamation with Frodingham Urban District in 1919 and advancement to the status of municipal borough in 1936,
4992-416: The steelworks include metal engineering as well as a BOC plant. Although the historical predominance of the steel industry made Scunthorpe a virtual monotown , there are other industries in the town. These include food production, distribution and retailing. North of the town next a waste management firm, Bell Waste Control, which services the majority of industry in Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas. On
5070-522: The summer, and can be as low as −2 °C (28 °F) in the winter. The Iron industry in Scunthorpe was established in the mid 19th century, following the discovery and exploitation of middle Lias ironstone east of Scunthorpe. Initially iron ore was exported to iron producers in South Yorkshire . Later, after the construction of the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway (1860s) gave rail access to
5148-634: The title of BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2008 at the Grand Finals on 7 December 2008 at the Royal Festival Hall , London. The main choir is made up of 90 members aged between 9 and 19 years whilst also having two training choirs taking children as young as 3 years old. They have made several CDs, performed numerous concerts in the area and further afield, have been subject of documentaries and are internationally renowned as having travelled
5226-578: The town after almost a 4-year absence. The store is housed in a purpose-built location at the North Lincolnshire Shopping Park, beside Glanford Park. The shopping park also includes Boots , B&M Bargains, Costa Coffee and Subway . Scunthorpe railway station is on the South TransPennine Line which has trains from Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes . Scunthorpe station (SCU), has two platforms and
5304-495: The town roughly 90% White and 10% BAME . According to the census, the towns religious composition was 51% of the population followed Christianity . followed by 42.1% who were non-religious and 5% of the population followed Islam . Other religions and not stated respondents were recorded at 2.9% of the population. Scunthorpe is also home to the largest British Asian community in the county of Lincolnshire, followed by both Lincoln and Grimsby . The North Lincolnshire Museum
5382-509: The town. Key Country Foods produces meat products on an industrial scale. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foodstuffs for the catering and supermarket sectors. Ericsson Mobile Platforms produces printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. There are a number of other firms, mostly involved in manufacturing and light engineering. In the 2001 census 19.3% of the working age population were economically inactive. Scunthorpe has two major shopping centres, effectively
5460-483: The world. Scunthorpe was the setting of a 2012 Cultural Olympiad community opera called Cycle Song , about past steel-worker and Olympic cyclist Lal White . It was composed by Tim Sutton and the librettist was Ian McMillan . The Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir , Proper Job Theatre Company and over a thousand locals participated. The local newspaper is the Scunthorpe Telegraph (formerly
5538-495: Was partitioned in 1921, between Northern Ireland , which would remain in the United Kingdom, and the remainder, which left the United Kingdom in 1922 as the Irish Free State . On establishment, Northern Ireland contained the county boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry, with no municipal boroughs. The Parliament of Northern Ireland abolished proportional representation in local government elections in 1922, and amended
5616-632: Was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in Scotland from 1833 to 1975 with the reform of royal burghs and creation of police burghs . Boroughs had existed in England and Wales since medieval times. By
5694-499: Was an election, the incumbent members of the corporation often effectively nominated the electorate. Eleven boroughs were manorial court leets . Following the report of the royal commission, legislation was introduced to reform borough corporations. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 provided for a reformed form of town government, designated a municipal borough. The Act introduced a uniform system of town government in municipal boroughs, with an elected town council , consisting of
5772-634: Was at the annual conference of the AMC in 1965 that Richard Crossman called for a reform of all local government. This speech eventually led to the Redcliffe-Maud Report recommending large unitary councils for all England. Each municipal borough possessed a corporation uniformly designated as the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the town. The only exception was where the borough enjoyed city status ; in this case "burgesses" became "citizens". In
5850-531: Was based in Scunthorpe Civic Centre off Ashby Road (former A159 ) next to Festival Gardens. It was designed by Charles B. Pearson, Son and Partners and was completed in 1962. It was the home of Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. It was named Pittwood House after Edwin Pittwood, a local Labour politician, who worked in the opencast ironstone workings near Normanby Park. In 1889 the area
5928-412: Was completed in 1962. The civic centre continued to serve as the headquarters of the borough council for most of the rest of the century and remained the headquarters of the new unitary authority , North Lincolnshire Council , after it was formed in 1996. Civic leaders renamed it "Pittwood House", to commemorate the life of Alderman Edwin Pittwood. In 2019, the council moved to Church Square House, and
6006-499: Was considered to be more dignified than "urban district", and so many larger urban districts petitioned to be granted the status of a municipal borough, and many were granted this right. Borough status did not substantially increase local government powers, although municipal boroughs above a certain size had the right to run primary education . Under the Local Government Act 1958 , small municipal boroughs could be absorbed by surrounding rural districts to become rural boroughs , with
6084-409: Was included in the Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey administrative county . Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe local board of health was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an urban district council. At the same time the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham were also constituted an urban district . The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with
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