Scoulton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England, situated west of the city of Norwich and north-north-east of Thetford.
The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement'
Scoulton lies on the main road between Norwich and the market town of Watton. Increasingly a dormitory 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 Saxon church.
The civil parish has an area of Office for National Statistics, 2011. Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW) - Scoulton (Parish) . Retrieved 27 June 2014. and in 2011 had a population of 246 in 99 households.Office for National Statistics, 2011. Household Composition, 2011 (KS105EW) - Scoulton (Parish) . Retrieved 27 June 2014. The population is split between two main areas of settlement and a number of small, isolated farms. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.
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. 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.
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Scoulton
External links
Scoulton Parish Council