Colney

Other current and historical names

Colneii
Coleneia
Coleii

Built-Up Area: Colney
Parish/Community: Colney
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°37'21"N 1°13'24"E
Eastings/Northings: 618283, 307646
OS Grid: TG182076
Mapcode Local: GBR VGB.J48
Mapcode Global: WHLSG.RBSQ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Colney within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Colney in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Colney, par., S. Norfolk, on river Yare, 3 miles W. of Norwich, 948 ac., pop. 95; P.O.; contains Colney Hall.

Colney in the Domesday Book

A village in Humbleyard hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eighteen; Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Colney, Norfolk

Colney is a village in Norfolk

Colney in historic gazetteers

Colney in the Domesday Book