Sculthorpe, Norfolk
Sculthorpe | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | FAKENHAM | |
Postcode district | NR21 | |
Police | Norfolk | |
Fire | Norfolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
Sculthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is some 4 km (2.5 mi) north-west of Fakenham and 5 km (3.1 mi) south-east of South Creake.
The village's name means 'Skuli's outlying farm/settlement'.
The civil parish has an area of 8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 744 in 312 households, the population increasing to 751 at the 2011 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[2]
The former water mill, about a mile south of the parish church, is now a pub and restaurant, but some of the workings remain visible.[citation needed]
The large airfield of
Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve lies to the south of the village in Turf Moor Road
The Village also has a second pub called The Sculthorpe Aviator.
Notes
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Sculthorpe
External links
- "Sculthorpe village website". Retrieved 6 August 2019.
Media related to Sculthorpe, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons