Shouldham Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 66 households at the 2001 census,Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. the population increasing to 165 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It contains a church (St Mary the Virgin) also in picture.
The villages name means 'Shouldham's outlying farm/settlement'. Shouldham meaning 'homestead/village with an obligation'.
Fodderston Mill was built in 1830 and worked until 1904. The tower survives, converted to residential use.
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