In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colneis like this:

COLNEIS, a sub-district in Woodbridge district, Suffolk. It comprises the peninsula SE of Ipswich, between the Orwell river and the Deben; and contains fifteen parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 28, 365. Pop., 5, 883. Houses, 1, 224.

Colneis through time

Colneis is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colneis itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colneis, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21223

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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