Norfolk: Colney

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Colney is about 3 miles W. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Humbleyard, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.

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.

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.

Description and Travel

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

Gazetteers and Directories

Colney is in Humbleyard hundred.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Henstead Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Colney became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

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