SCOTTON, a parish in the wapentake of CORRINGHAM,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 8 miles
(N. B.) from Gainsborough, containing, with the chapelry
of East Ferry, 515 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £23, and in the patronage
of Sir Richard Frederick, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. Genewys. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. The parish is bounded on the west by the
river Trent.