Scotton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district Lincolnshire, England.

The western boundary of the parish is formed by part of the A159 Gainsborough to Scunthorpe road.

In 1086, Scotton was mentioned in the Domesday Book as a settlement in the Hundred of Corringham within the county of Lincolnshire.

[1] The Murder of William de Cantilupe of Scotton in March 1375 became a cause célèbre owing to his links to the crown and the unusual circumstances of his death.

[3] The ecclesiastical parish is in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln, Archdeaconry of Stow and Manlake Deanery.