Scunthorpe is a town located in the county of North Lincolnshire in England. It is the administrative center of the region and a predominantly industrial location. Its population is almost 73,000 inhabitants. Scunthorpe is the best known and most developed industrial city in England, due to the large steel mills that exist in the area; it is also known as the Industrial Garden City.
However, Scunthorpe is not just about steel; It is also a town of historical value, listed in the Domesday Book in 1086, though its name at the time was Escumetorp, in reference to the farm. Its geological characteristics have been the subject of investigation and discussion by experts and professionals many times, since it was very close to the epicenter of the strongest earthquake that has ever hit Great Britain; It happened on February 27, 2008 and almost 5.5R was measured.
Scunthorpe consists of four smaller villages, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. All of them rest on a vast extension of limestone and iron, which are the raw materials used and the original resources of the regional industries. Among the highlights of this place are the oyster fossils, belonging to the gryphoea incurve species, which are known as devil’s toenails and were found in the ironstone mine.
Scunthtorpe was given the coat of arms when it joined the borough in ’36.
One of the funniest and most bizarre stories about Scunthorpe involves AOL, their filter refusing to accept the name of the town because it contained a banned word; therefore some online forums and boards display the name with asterisks. The name of the town appears to be ‘S****horpe’. This fact gave rise to many jokes about the town and was commented on by both American and British comedians; However, in the online world, this is now known as the Scunthorpe problem.