Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLNEY

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Colney Parish       Henstead Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Colney

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