Scole
| Scole | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Scole | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM149789 |
| Location: | 52°21’58"N, 1°9’22"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,367 |
| Post town: | Diss |
| Postcode: | IP21 |
| Dialling code: | 01379 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney Valley |
Scole is a village in the very south of Norfolk, on the north bank of the River Waveney which is the border of Suffolk. It is 19 miles south of Norwich and on the course of the old Roman road to Venta Icenorum (by Caistor St Edmund): this was the main road until it was bypassed with a dual carriageway. The parish had a population of 1,367 at the 2011 Census.
Nearby hamlets include Scole Common, Waterloo, Billingford and Thorpe Parva. The historical parish was known as 'Scole with Thorpe Parva' but of the latter only Thorpe Parva Hall maintains the name.
The parish church, St Andrew, was rebuilt in the 1960s after being destroyed in an arson attack in 1963. There is an east window by Patrick Reyntiens dating from 1963.[1] The stump of Scole Windmill has been converted to residential use.[2]
Scole is the birthplace of William Gooderham Sr.|William Gooderham (1790) and Ezekiel Gooderham (1794), founders of the Gooderham and Worts distillery in Toronto, Canada, later to be the largest in the British Empire.
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References
- ↑ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 317
- ↑ Neville, Jonathan. "Scole towermill". Norfolk Mills. https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/scole-towermill.html. Retrieved 3 August 2026.