Colby
Parish Church of Saint Giles, Colby, Norfolk
Colby is located in Norfolk
Colby
Colby
Location within Norfolk
Area8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population494 (2011 census)
• Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG222316
• London131 miles (211 km)
Civil parish
  • Colby CP
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR11
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

Colby is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.[1] The village is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) south of Cromer, 16.8 miles (27.0 km) north-north-west of Norwich, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) west-north-west of North Walsham and 131 miles (211 km) north-east of London.

History

Colby's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for Koli's farmstead or village.[2]

In the Domesday Book, Colby is recorded as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village formed part of the East Anglian estates of King William I.[3]

Geography

In the 2011 Census, Colby was recorded as a having 494 residents living in 213 households.[4]

Colby falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party.

St. Giles' Church

Colby's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Giles.[5]

Notable Residents

War Memorial

Colby's war memorial is located inside St. Giles' Church and lists the following names for the First World War:

  • Second-Lieutenant Reginald A. Sarsby (1893-1915), 10th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Pioneer Charles H. Lee (1892-1918), Royal Engineers
  • Private Stanley A. Jordan (d.1918), 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
  • Private Frederick Doughty (1893-1917), Hertfordshire Regiment
  • Private Stanley H. Rouse (1899-1918), 2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
  • Private William E. Daniels (d.1915), 2/6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Frederick J. Matthews (1896-1915), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Cecil H. Burdett (1895-1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Bertie H. Lown (1898-1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Alfred E. Turner (1886-1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Arthur W. Cooper (1892-1918), 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
  • Private D'Arcy W. W. Hardingham (1899-1918), 13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

  • Corporal Edward L. Hall (1922-1943), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Private Sidney Hudson (1920-1944), 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey, Explorer Sheet 252, Norfolk Coast East, ISBN 978-0-319-46726-8
  2. ↑ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved 12 December 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Colby
  3. ↑ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved 12 December 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2231/colby/
  4. ↑ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved 12 December 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006403
  5. ↑ Knott, S. (2018). Retrieved 12 December 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colby/colby.htm



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