Scoulton, Norfolk
Scoulton is a small village and parish in Norfolk, situated 16 miles (26 km) west of Norwich and 21 miles (34 km) north-north-east of Thetford. The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement'. It
The village is agricultural, relying particularly on the production of sugar beet and on pig farming.
Scoulton is known for its artificial and heavily wooded lake or 'mere', which was the product of extensive flint quarrying and became a breeding ground of the black-headed gull.
The bird was held in esteem as an article of food in the Middle Ages. They were taken whilst young, before they were able to fly, by driving them into nets, and when fattened on offal were sold for the table at five shillings the dozen. The eggs were harvested formed the basis of a now obsolete dish known as Scoulton Pie. The gull colony survived until at least the 1950's.
The village sign depicts the mere and the collection of gull eggs with the church of Holy Trinity with its octagonal top on a square tower in the background.
Scoulton, Norfolk
Scoulton is a small village and parish in Norfolk, situated 16 miles (26 km) west of Norwich and 21 miles (34 km) north-north-east of Thetford. The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement'. It
The village is agricultural, relying particularly on the production of sugar beet and on pig farming.
Scoulton is known for its artificial and heavily wooded lake or 'mere', which was the product of extensive flint quarrying and became a breeding ground of the black-headed gull.
The bird was held in esteem as an article of food in the Middle Ages. They were taken whilst young, before they were able to fly, by driving them into nets, and when fattened on offal were sold for the table at five shillings the dozen. The eggs were harvested formed the basis of a now obsolete dish known as Scoulton Pie. The gull colony survived until at least the 1950's.
The village sign depicts the mere and the collection of gull eggs with the church of Holy Trinity with its octagonal top on a square tower in the background.