SCOLE alias OSMONDESTON [1] is a parish and pleasant village in Diss hundred and county court district, diocese of Norwich, archdeaconry of Norfolk, rural deanery of Redenhall, situate on the north side of the river Waveney, 2 miles E. of the Diss station, 20 from Norwich, and 96 from London. By the census of 1871 it contained 750 inhabitants, and 799 acres of land, belonging to several owners. Sir Edward C. Kerrison, Bart., is lord of the manor and patron of the living. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient building with tower, nave, south aisle, and chancel. It has been recently restored and reseated at a cost of over £1,300. The living is a rectory, annual rent charge £250; the incumbent is the Rev. F. P. Roberts. Here is a good mixed school with residence for the master. Scole is noted for its “Scole Inn,” of other days; the fine old building still gives accommodation for the Post-office and other purposes. Here is a flax manufactory; also a National school. Scole lodge, a fine handsome mansion, is the residence of Frederick Crawshay, Esq. The Shrubbery is the seat of William Calverley Curteis, Esq., D.C.L., J.P.
Postal Regulations - Post, Telegraph, Money-order Office, and Post Office Savings’ Bank, George Scutts, postmaster. London evening mails arrive at Scale at 3.55 p.m.; London morning at 12.45 p.m. Letters are delivered at 7 a.m., and at 1 p.m. The box closes for Attleborough and West Norfolk, at 8.30 p.m.; for London, Ipswich, and Yarmouth, at 8.50 p.m.; and for Norwich, Harleston, Bungay, Diss, Eye, Mellis, and Botesdale, at 9.30 p.m.
Carriers pass to and from Norwich on Wednesday and Saturday.
Alston Mrs. the Street
[1] Scole was also recorded as Osmondeston, to which it is referred to in the Domesday Book. The name ‘Osmodeston’ derives from the Old English for Osmond’s enclosure or farm.
