Scredington

Scredington falls into two distinct parts, the main village and Northbeck, which is almost a separate hamlet. Within the parish area there were five moated medieval manors of which two still retain distinctive earthworks. It would be interesting to know more of the early history of this village that led to such a high number of moated sites within close proximity of each other.

The village sits on slightly rising ground and is quite compact, yet without any obvious central focus. The church and old Rectory stand almost apart from the village on the eastern side. The houses mostly stand quite close to the pavement, some with small frontages defined with walls and railings. Buildings are in brick. stone and render. Amongst the traditional buildings from the 18th and 19th-centuries are a number of more recent buildings. The architectural character is simple and understated, but the buildings follow the lines of the street in a pleasant way. with no building dominating another.

The origins of the name of Scredington are not clear. In Domesday it was called Scredinthun. The ending "tun" in old English meant originally enclosure or fence, but early on developed in to meaning enclosure around a homestead and eventually to mean village. The first part of the name may derive from a peasant name or perhaps from the Old English tribal name of Scirheardingas.