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"COLNEY, on the river Yare, 3 miles W. of Norwich, has in its parish 110 souls, and 917A. of land, belonging to Joseph Scott, Esq., of Colney Hall, a large modern mansion, on a commanding eminence. Mr. Scott purchased the manor and estate, in 1834, of J. Postle, Esq., and is patron of the Church (St. Andrew,) which has a round tower and two bells. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 13s. 4d., is enjoyed by the Rev. Edward Postle, and the tithes were commuted, in 1840, for £219 per ann." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Humbleyard, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
    It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
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Church History

Church of St Andrew
Description, services, etc.
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Church Records

Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
The Parish Registers of Norfolk: Colney 1705/6-1837.
[Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, Monograph Series No.24, 1987]
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts
Banns and Marriages.
Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Colney was in Henstead Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Arthur, Vivien J.
Colney: The Story of a Norfolk Village.
[Colney, 2000]
Colney Water Mill
Picture of the possible site.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Colney is in Humbleyard Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Humbleyard Hundred
Description of Humbleyard Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Land & Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
Colney Hall: A history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1986]

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG182080 (Lat/Lon: 52.625561, 1.221799), Colney which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law