GENUKI: Norfolk: Scole, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

SCOLE, or Osmondiston, is a pleasant village and parish, on the north bank of the river Waveney, and upon the Norwich and Ipswich road, 2 miles to Diss station, 3 miles to Diss Market Place, 2 miles E. by S. of Diss. It is in Depwade union, Diss hundred, county court, and petty sessional division, Ipswich bankruptcy district, Diss polling district of South Norfolk, Redenhall rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry.

It had 637 inhabitants in 1881, living on 820 acres, and has a rateable value of £2952. The parishes of Frenze and Thorpe Parva and Billingford are united with it for the support of the poor, and they contain together 1528 assessable acres, and 720 inhabitants. Scole belongs to several proprietors, but Sir Edward C. Kerrison, Bart., Oakley Park, is lord of the manor (fines arbitrary).

Scole Lodge, a handsome mansion, is the seat of Frederick Crawshay, Esq. The Shrubbery, another neat residence, is the seat of William Calverley Curteis, Esq., D.C.L., J.P. Scole Inn is a large brick building, adorned with imagery and carved work, and formerly noted for a very large sign, forming an arch across the road, containing a great number of large statues, and executed by Fairchild, in 1655, at a cost of £1057. Here was a round bed, big enough to hold 30 or 40 soldiers; but this and the costly sign were destroyed above 100 years ago.

The CHURCH (St. Andrew) comprises nave, chancel, south aisle, and square tower with one bell, and was restored and reseated in 1873, when a south porch and a new vestry were added at a total cost of £1200, raised by voluntary contributions. There is a piscina at the east end of the aisle.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9, is in the gift of Sir E.E.C. Kerrison, Bart., and incumbency of the Rev. Frederick Page Roberts, M.A., who has a good residence, built in 1863, about 28 acres of glebe, at a commuted yearly rent-charge of £258 10s., awarded in lieu of tithes.

The National School, with residence attached, was built in 1853 by subscription, and was enlarged in 1875 at a cost of £300.

Here was a large flax mill, belonging to Messrs. Costerton & Nayler, who employed about 100 hands, but it has been closed. A fair for horses and toys was formerly held here on Easter Tuesday. Several flint and metal celts and many Roman coins have been found in this parish.

POST OFFICE, MONEY ORDER OFFICE, and SAVINGS BANK. George Scutts, postmaster. Mail carts to Bungay, Harleston, Eye, Attleborough, Diss, and Botesdale daily, and rural messengers to Dickleburgh, Tivetshall, Mellis, Hoxne, Brockdish, and Needham. There are two deliveries of letters daily at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Box closes at 10.5 a.m. and 9.15 p.m. for London, and at 10 p.m. for Bungay, Diss, Eye, and Harleston. Sundays (no day mail).

         Alston     Mrs Anne Maria
         Brigden    Edward Beecher     parochial schoolmaster
         Browning   William Benjamin   butcher; h Hoxne
         Button     William Frederick  agent to the Royal Assurance Co.
                                         Red house
         Cooper     Charles            farmer
         Costerton  Charles Fisher,    district auditor to the Local Government
                      Esq., J.P.         Board, Scole house
         Crawshay   Mr Wm. Fredk.      Scole lodge
         Cunliffe   Major-General      Sunnyside
                      George Gordon
         Curteis    William Calverley, The Shrubbery
                      Esq., LL.D., J.P.
         Debenham   Jonathan           wheelwright & carpenter
         Goodrich   George & Son       carpenters, builders, timber dealers,
                      (George)           steam saw mills, brick, tile, pipe
                                         & pottery manufacturers
         Green      Frank              victualler, King's Head
         Grimson    John Christmas     carpenter & victualler, Greyhound
         Harold     George             cabinet maker
         Harold     George             draper, hosier and milliner,
                                         Manchester house
         Harper     James              beerhouse
         Howells    Harry              basket maker
         Huggins    James              boot and shoemaker    [see note 3 below]
         Jackson    Mrs Amelia         grocer
         Jackson    Mrs Sophia         Oak villa
         Jackson    Wm.                grocer, draper & farmer
         Kahler     Hy. John           baker & confectner
         Knight     Robert             boot & shoemaker
         Ling       Sidney             plumber and victualler, White Hart
         Mallows    George             shoemaker
         Mutimer    Ephraim            farmer
         Pettitt    Alfred             grocer, farmer and osier merchant
         Pretty     George             builder
         Bainer     Sidney             carpenter             [see note 1 below]
         Read       Miss Emily         Scole villa
         Roberts    Rev. Frederick     The Rectory
                      Page, M.A.
         Roberts    Robert             grocer and shopkeeper [see note 2 below]
         Rogers     Henry              farmer
         Rose       Edgar              boot and shoemaker    [see note 3 below]
         Thrower    William            thatcher, and vermin destroyer
         Tucker     Rev. John Rule,    rector of Frenze
                      M.A.
         Wood       Mrs Eliza          grocer and shopkeeper [see note 2 below]
         Woodcock   John Frederick     blacksmith

CARRIERS to Norwich, Chenery from Diss Wed. & Sat.; Minns from Eye, Wed. & Sat.

Note 1:
    Bainer might be Rainer, as the names are in alphabetical order.
Note 2: In the original this is:
    Roberts Robert & Mrs Eliza Wood, grocers and shopkeepers
Note 3: In the original this is:
    Rose Edgar & James Huggins, boot and shoemakers

In the printed directory, this entry for Scole also contains that for Frenze.

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