Scunthorpe Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located in North Lincolnshire, around 13 miles southwest of the Humber Bridge, is the town of Scunthorpe.
It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Escumesthorpe', which is derived from Old Norse, meaning 'Skuma's village/hamlet' - Skuma presumably being the name of a Viking settler.
Scunthorpe was just a collection of five quiet villages up until 1860. It was around this time that vast iron ore deposits were discovered in the area, leading to the subsequent development of its steel industry. At first the iron ore was exported to iron producers in South Yorkshire. Later on, with the development of the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway, Scunthorpe was able to receive coal/coke from colliery towns such as Doncaster. With this, they were able to produce homegrown foundries for iron production.
During the Second World War Scunthorpe was subject to some air raid attacks from the German Luftwaffe, albeit not to the same degree as certain other towns and cities. Iron and steel manufacturing continued during these years in spite of the apparent risk. A monument dedicated to the steelworkers of the time is situated on the High Street (visible just before the 4-minute mark).
In 1967 three major steelworks companies in Scunthorpe (Appleby-Frodingham, Redbourn Iron Works and Normanby Works) merged under the umbrella of the newly-formed British Steel. Privatisation of British Steel occurred in 1988, and after a merger, became Corus, then Tata Steel Europe. British Steel Ltd bought back the company in 2016, though in 2019 entered insolvency.
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Filmed: 10th March 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/shXX18SE7AivfpXD6
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Rode Stereo VideoMic Pro.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Trafford Street
0:14 St John's Church (now a visual arts centre)
0:33 High Street
3:38 Scunthorpe Steelworkers Sculpture
4:00 High Street
10:56 Oswald Road
15:30 North Lincolnshire Museum
15:53 Oswald Road