Scrooby

'''Scrooby''' is a small village on the [[River Ryton]] in north [[Nottinghamshire]], England, near [[Bawtry]] in South Yorkshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 329,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798356&c=Scrooby&d=16&e=15&g=477684&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206365039537&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Scrooby CP (Parish"]</ref> in 2011 the count was 315<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> and by the 2021 census this had fallen further to 307 residents.<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> Until 1766, it was on the [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]] so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including [[Queen Elizabeth I]] and [[Cardinal Wolsey]] on their journeys. The latter stayed at the Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour.

'''Scrooby''' is a small village on the [[River Ryton]] in north [[Nottinghamshire]], England, near [[Bawtry]] in South Yorkshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 329,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798356&c=Scrooby&d=16&e=15&g=477684&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206365039537&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Scrooby CP (Parish"]</ref> in 2011 the count was 315<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> and by the 2021 census this had fallen further to 307 residents.<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007835|title=Scrooby parish|accessdate=23 January 2024}}</ref> Until 1766, it was on the [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]] so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including [[Queen Elizabeth I]] and [[Cardinal Wolsey]] on their journeys. The latter stayed at the Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour.

===History===

[[File:Scrooby village addison.PNG|thumb|left|Scrooby village circa 1911]]

[[File:Scrooby village addison.PNG|thumb|left|Scrooby village circa 1911]]

In 958, [[Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] granted an estate including land at ''Scroppenþorpe'', including an area now in the modern Scrooby, to [[Oscytel]], [[Archbishop of York]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=David |editor-last=Woodman |title=Charters of Northern Houses|series=Anglo-Saxon Charters |volume=16 |pages=116–117|publisher= Oxford University Press for the British Academy |location =Oxford, UK |year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-726529-1}}</ref> The Manor House belonged to the Archbishops of York and so was sometimes referred to as a palace. (A nearby former farmhouse is still called Palace Farm.) At the end of the sixteenth century, the house was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's [[bailiff]], who was also [[postmaster]]. His son, also named [[William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)|William]], took that post in the 1590s after a job as an assistant to the Secretary of State under Queen Elizabeth I.

In 958, [[Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] granted an estate including land at ''Scroppenþorpe'', including an area now in the modern Scrooby, to [[Oscytel]], [[Archbishop of York]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=David |editor-last=Woodman |title=Charters of Northern Houses|series=Anglo-Saxon Charters |volume=16 |pages=116–117|publisher= Oxford University Press for the British Academy |location =Oxford, UK |year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-726529-1}}</ref> The Manor House belonged to the Archbishops of York and so was sometimes referred to as a palace. (A nearby former farmhouse is still called Palace Farm.) At the end of the sixteenth century, the house was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's [[bailiff]], who was also [[postmaster]]. His son, also named [[William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)|William]], took that post in the 1590s after a job as an assistant to the Secretary of State under Queen Elizabeth I.