Scoulton
| Scoulton | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church, Scoulton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF9800 |
| Location: | 52°33’57"N, 0°55’45"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 246 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR9 |
| Dialling code: | 01953 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
Scoulton is a small village in Norfolk, 16 miles west of the county town, Norwich, and 21 miles north of Thetford.
The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement'
Scoulton stands on the main road between Norwich and the market town of Watton. Increasingly a commuter village for workers in Norwich's insurance and other service industries, it was traditionally agricultural, relying particularly on the production of sugar beet and on pig farming. It has a fine, partially thatched Anglo-Saxon church.
The civil parish had a recorded population of 246 in 2011, split between two main areas of settlement and a number of small, isolated farms.
Scoulton is known for its artificial and heavily wooded lake or "mere", which was the product of extensive flint quarrying and a breeding ground of the black-headed gull. Large numbers of eggs were harvested in the Middle Ages. The gull colony survived until at least the 1950s.[1] The harvested eggs formed the basis of a now obsolete dish known as Scoulton Pie. The collection of these eggs is depicted on the village sign.[2]
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- Scoulton Parish Council
- Place-Names
References
- ↑ Richard Kearton (1898). "With nature and a camera". Cassell and Company, Limited. p. 272. http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/keacam/keacam0706.htm.
- ↑ Julia Grover and Margaret Marham. "A to Z of Norfolk: Scoulton". BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/your/a-z_norfolk/a-z_scoulton.shtml.