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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colby like this:
COLBY, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Bure, 4 miles WNW of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 115. Real property, £2, 103. Pop., 269. Houses, 62. Lord Suffield and Mrs. Roper are chief land-owners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £271.* Patron, Lord Suffield. The church has a fine font, and is very good. Charities, £20. Bishop Colby, of Lismore, was a native.
Colby is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colby, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2616
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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