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

COLEBURY, a tything in Eling parish, Hants; 41/4 miles W of Southampton. Real property, £1, 847. Pop., 341.

Colbury through time

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colbury, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2783

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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