Smooth scroll to anchor after loading new page

Question

As browsers automatically detect the hash and take you to that position…
It occurs to me that you could first reset the scroll position to 0 and then made the smooth scrolling.

Something like…

// to top right away
if ( window.location.hash ) scroll(0,0);
// void some browsers issue
setTimeout( function() { scroll(0,0); }, 1);

$(function() {

    // your current click function
    $('.scroll').on('click', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        $('html, body').animate({
            scrollTop: $($(this).attr('href')).offset().top + 'px'
        }, 1000, 'swing');
    });

    // *only* if we have anchor on the url
    if(window.location.hash) {

        // smooth scroll to the anchor id
        $('html, body').animate({
            scrollTop: $(window.location.hash).offset().top + 'px'
        }, 1000, 'swing');
    }

});

Edit: Move the scroll(0,0)outside $(function(){...}); to prevent flickering.
Also, Snippet with working example was added.
^{The effect is best appreciated when viewed in full screen}

        html, body {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }
        .hidden-code {
            display: none;
            visibility: hidden;
            opacity: 0;
        }
        .header {
            background-color: #ccc;
            padding: 5px;
        }
        .header li {
            padding: 5px;
            margin: 5px;
            display: inline-block;
        }
        .articles > div {
            border: 1px solid;
            margin: 10px;
            padding: 250px 50px;
            background-color: #ccc;
        }
        div:before {
            content: attr(id);
        }
        .footer {
            text-align: center;
        }

    <div class="header">
        <ul>
            <li>page header title/navbar</li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-1">#text-1</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-2">#text-2</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-3">#text-3</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-4">#text-4</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-5">#text-5</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-6">#text-6</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-7">#text-7</a></li>
            <li><a class="scroll" href="#text-8">#text-8</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>

    <div class="container">

        <div class="content">

            <div class="articles">
                <div id="text-1"></div>
                <div id="text-2"></div>
                <div id="text-3"></div>
                <div id="text-4"></div>
                <div id="text-5"></div>
                <div id="text-6"></div>
                <div id="text-7"></div>
                <div id="text-8"></div>
            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="footer">company &copy; 2015</div>

    </div>

    <div class="hidden-code">

        <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">

            // to top right away
            if ( window.location.hash ) scroll(0,0);
            // void some browsers issue
            setTimeout( function() { scroll(0,0); }, 1);

            // any position
            $(function() {
                // your current click function
                $('.scroll').on('click', function(e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    $('html, body').animate({
                        scrollTop: $($(this).attr('href')).offset().top + 'px'
                    }, 1000, 'swing');
                });
                // *only* if we have anchor on the url
                if(window.location.hash) {
                    // smooth scroll to the anchor id
                    $('html, body').animate({
                        scrollTop: $(window.location.hash).offset().top + 'px'
                    }, 1000, 'swing');
                }
            });
        </script>

    </div>

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