Scole

Scole

St Andrew's Church, Scole
Scole

 Scole shown within Norfolk
Area  14.31 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population 1,339 
    - Density  94 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TM149789
Parish Scole
District South Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DISS
Postcode district IP21
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Scole is a village (population 2,254) on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England. It is 19 miles south of Norwich and lay on the old Roman road to Venta Icenorum, which was the main road until it was bypassed with a dual carriageway. It covers an area of 14.31 km2 (5.53 sq mi) and had a population of 1,339 in 563 households as of the 2001 census.[1]

It lies on the North bank of the River Waveney.

Scole is the birthplace of William Gooderham (1792), founder of the Gooderham and Worts distillery in Toronto, Canada, later to be the largest in the British Empire.

Notes

  1. ^ "Scole parish information". South Norfolk Council. 17 May 2007. http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/Scole_parish.asp. Retrieved 20 June 2009. 

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