Scothern is a village in the West Lindsey district of the county, 5 miles NE of the centre of Lincoln. The church stands in the cetre of the bvillage on the S side of the main street. It has a late-medieval W tower, a nave of 1861 and a chancel rebuilt in 1904, replacing an 18thc. chancel. There was a restoration in 1876 by Kirke of Sleaford. Romanesque sculpture is found in the chancel arch.

The main Lords and Tenants-in Chief in 1086 were Peterborough Abbey with 5½ carucates in Scothern and Holme and Sudbrooke, and Kolsveinn of Lincoln, who held a total of 5 carucates and 1½ bovates in 3 separate holdings. Smaller tenants were Ilbert de Lacy (7 bovates), Norman d'Arcy (9 bovates) and Ranulph de Saint-Valery (2½ bovates).