Place:


Colney  Norfolk

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colney like this:

COLNEY, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 3 miles W of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 948. Real property, £2, 150. Pop., 84. Houses, 14. The property is divided among a few. Colney-Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £199.* Patron, J. Scott, Esq. The church has a round tow r, and is good.

Colney through time

Colney is now part of South Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colney itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colney in South Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4755

Date accessed: 26th April 2024


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