Hi Di,
These are the Kingscliffe Scotneys in 1861:
Work House Lane, Kingscliffe House of Henry Giddens & family:
Samuel SCOTNEY, boarder, widr, 69, ag lab, NTH Kings Cliffe
William SCOTNEY, boarder, unm, 45, ag lab, NTH Kings Cliffe
Next in schedule:Samuel SCOTNEY, head, mar, 34, ag lab, NTH Kings Cliffe
Harriet SCOTNEY, wife, mar, 38, NTH Kings Cliffe
Dinah SCOTNEY, daur, unm, 14, NTH Kings Cliffe
Elizabeth SCOTNEY, daur, 11, NTH Kings Cliffe
Thomas SCOTNEY, son, 1, NTH Kings Cliffe
Joseph SMTIH, boarder, widr, 36, chimney sweep, NTH Peterborough
Work House Lane 4 households further on:
John SCOTNEY, head, mar, 33, ag lab, NTH Southwick
Susanna SCOTNEY, wife, mar, 35, NTH Nassington
John Thomas SCOTNEY, son, 4, NTH Oundle
Mary J SCOTNEY, daur, 2, NTH Kings Cliffe
Elizabeth SCOTNEY, daur, 10mth, Kings Cliffe
Lora TRAYFORD, boarder, 10, scholar, NTH Nassington
Robert TRAYFORD, 7, scholar, NTH Wood Newton
Next in schedule:John SCOTNEY, head, mar, 40, ag lab, NTH Kings Cliffe
Charlote SCOTNEY, wife, mar, 36, NTH Bulwick
Ellen SCOTNEY, daur, 12, NTH Kings Cliffe
James SCOTNEY, son, 8, NTH Kings Cliffe
Ann SCOTNEY, daur, 4, NTH Kings Cliffe
George SCOTNEY, daur, 1, NTH Kings Cliffe
No more Scotneys 
From the 1851 census I see that James was born in Luddington - I shall look there next. Unless they'd taken the kids off to Disneyland for the spring...

regards
byron