| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.5657°N 0.9291°W |
| Official Name: | Scoulton |
| Population: | 246 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.02 |
| Shire District: | Breckland |
| Shire County: | Norfolk |
| Region: | East of England |
| Post Town: | NORWICH |
| Postcode District: | NR9 |
| Postcode Area: | NR |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF9800 |
| Static Image Name: | Holy Trinity Church, Scoulton, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 934584.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Holy Trinity Church, Scoulton |
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 9.02km2[1] and in 2011 had a population of 246 in 99 households.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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