Norfolk: Colby

Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850

COLBY, or COLEBY, is a village 12 miles N. of Norwich, and 3 miles N. of Aylsham. The parish comprises 1115 acres, and contained in 1841, 346 inhabitants; its present residents are:-

	Coleby    Rev. George, B.A.
	Colman    Charles               tailor
	Boardman  Mr. R.
	Durrell   John                  grocer
	Heyoe     Thomas                bricklayer
	Pearson   John                  bricklayer
	Roper     Mr. Snelling Drosier
	Sexton    Stephen               shoemaker

	   Farmers.

	Clover    Thomas
	Golding   John
	Lacy      Robert
	Roper     Edward D.