Visiting Scunthorpe in Linconshire England

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Scunthorpe is a town situated at the county of North Lincolnshire in England. It is the administrative centre of the region and a predominantly industrial place. Its population is almost 73.000 residents. Scunthorpe is the most known and developed industrial town of England, due to the large steel factories that exist in the area; it is also referred to as the Industrial Garden Town.

Scunthorpe is not just about steel though; it is a town of historical value as well, appearing in the Domesday book back in 1086 – although its name back then was Escumetorp, referring to homestead. Its geological features have been many times the subject of research and discussions by experts and professionals, as it was very close to the epicentre of the strongest earthquake that has ever hit Britain; it happened on February 27th 2008 and was measured almost 5.5R.

Scunthorpe consists of four smaller villages, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. All of them lie on a vast area of limestone and iron, which are the raw materials used and the original resources for the regional industries. Among the remarkable things about this place are the fossils of oysters, belonging to the species gryphoea incurve, which are known as devil’s toe nails and were found at the ironstone mine.

Scunthtorpe received the Coat of arms when joined the borough in ’36.

One of the funniest and most bizarre stories about Scunthorpe is related to AOL, as it’s filter refused to accept the name of the town because it contained a prohibited word; thus some forums and boards online display the name using asterisks. The name of the town appears to be ‘S****horpe’. This fact gave birth to many jokes about the town and was commented by both American and British comedians; In the online world though, this is known now as the Scunthorpe problem.

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Source by Simon Haughtone