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"SCOULTON parish, from 3 to 5 miles W. [sic] of Watton, has 300 inhabitants, and 2193 acres of land, owned by several proprietors, the largest of whom are the Earl of Abergavenny, lord of Oldlands manor; J. Weyland, Esq., lord of Newlands manor; and H.D. Hemsworth, Esq., lord of Scoulton Hall manor. The Church (Holy Trinity) is an ancient structure, . . . The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £10. 4s. 2d., and now having 60 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent of £450, awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. Joseph Lane, of Attleborough, is incumbent, and J. Weyland, Esq., patron. The latter built a National School, here in 1841. Scoulton Mere, a fine sheet of water, two miles in circumference, has in its centre a small swampy island, . . . This parish is entitled to send a free scholar to the Grammar School, at Hingham. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]
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Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.
- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
- Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of the Holy Trinity, Scoulton, Norfolk, with burial registers 1783-1987.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2000]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891 (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Breckles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Description and pictures.
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Services, etc.
- Primitive Methodist Church
- Description, picture and map.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Burial Registers 1783-1987
- See Cemeteries above.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Scoulton was in Wayland Registration District.
- Scoulton Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Scoulton to another place.
Scoulton is in Wayland Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Wayland Hundred
- Description of Wayland Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Grover, Julia; and Grover, Tony
- A History of Scoulton.
[Wayland Partnership Development Trust, Capturing our Wayland Heritage, Including DVD, 2011]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Scoulton Inclosure Act, 1805.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Scoulton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1805]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF985008 (Lat/Lon: 52.56889, 0.92697), Scoulton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Scoulton became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.