Norfolk: Colney

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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.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description, services, etc.

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 Water Mill: Picture of the possible site.

Directories

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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