New Scarning, an estate built in the 1990s, consists of a web of lanes named after species of flowers.

Older names and spellings for the village include Scerninga in the Domesday Book of 1086, Scerninges in 1199, and Skerning in 1253.

The whole building, mainly in the Perpendicular style, was extensively restored in 1869, when the gable of the chancel roof was raised to its original pitch for £1000.

In 1894 the tower was restored, the nave buttresses were rebuilt, and new churchyard gates were fitted – all at the expense of Dr Augustus Jessopp.

The single gate was replaced in the 1950s by Scarning Mothers' Union and refurbished in 2007 in memory of Fred and Lilian Hoskins.

These boys were kept separate from the sons of labourers, to whom the usher taught reading, writing and arithmetic during the day.

[9] By 1800, the schoolmaster, Mr Priest, had attracted a large number of day boys to the school, as there was no room for them to board.

Mischievous village boys took delight in driving the dickies a mile or two to Daffy Green, so that the young gentlemen had to chase and catch them before they could ride home.

[10] Scarning railway station opened on the line between Wendling and Dereham on 11 September 1848, but it does not appear in Bradshaw's Guide timetables until March 1849.