SCOTTER, a parish in the wapentake of CORRINGHAM,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 9 miles
(N. B. by N.) from Gainsborough, containing 938 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £22. 4. 2., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
The river Eau runs through the parish, and falls into
the Trent, which forms its north-west boundary. A charter
for a market on Thursday, and a fair on July 10th,
was granted by Richard I., but the former has been discontinued.
There is a fair for horses and cattle on
July 6th, called Scotter shew.