Scole
| Scole | |
 St Andrew's Church, Scole |
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  Scole |
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| Area | 14.31 km2 (5.53 sq mi) |
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| Population | 1,339 |
| – density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM149789 |
| Civil 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 |
Coordinates: 52°21′58″N 1°09′22″E / 52.36616°N 1.15616°E
Scole is a village 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 at 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.
See also
- Scole Experiment, a series of mediumistic séances which took place in the village
Notes
- ↑ "Scole parish information". South Norfolk Council. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
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