Colney () is a village in the western outskirts of
Norwich
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in the
English
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county of
Norfolk
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.
History
Colney's name is of
Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the
Old English
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for 'Cola's' island.
Colney is listed in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
as a settlement of 34 households in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
of Humbleyard. The village was divided between the estates of
Roger Bigod,
Godric the Steward and
William d'Ecouis.
Geography
According to the
2011 Census, Colney is a settlement of 153 residents living in 58 households.
Colney falls within the
constituency of
South Norfolk
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 19 ...
and is represented at
Parliament
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by
Richard Bacon MP of the
Conservative Party
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.
St. Andrew's Church
Colney's parish church is one of Norfolk's remaining 124
round-tower churches and is dedicated to
Saint Andrew.
Amenities
Greenacres Memorial Park is located within the village which is a facility for natural burials, scaterring of ashes and a Memorial Hall for the celebration for wakes and wedding receptions.
[ GreenAcres Group. (2022). Retrieved December 18, 2022. https://www.greenacresgroup.co.uk/colney-park/ ]
The
John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science founded in 1910. It is a registered charity (No 223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and ...
and
Quadram Institute
The Quadram Institute is a centre for food and health research, combining Quadram Institute Bioscience (formerly the Institute of Food Research), the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals’ endoscopy centre and aspects of the University ...
, both parts of the
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England.
The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...
are located within the village.
Norwich City's Lotus Training Ground is located in Colney.
War Memorial
Colney's war memorial takes the form of a
Celtic cross located close to Old Watton Road. It lists the following names for the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
:
* Lieutenant David S. Barclay (1897-1917), 1st Battalion,
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642, although it was only placed on the E ...
* Lance-Corporal Frederick Z. Goldsmith (d.1917), 1st Battalion,
Border Regiment
The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot.
After service i ...
* Private George S. Heaton (1898-1918), 11th Battalion,
Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. ...
* Private Donald W. Henning (1898-1917), 7th Battalion,
Royal Norfolk Regiment
The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...
And, the following for the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
:
* Sergeant Frederick W. Barrie (1921-1943),
No. 199 Squadron RAF
No. 199 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the Second World War and later in the 1950s as a radar countermeasures squadron.
History
No. 199 Squadron was formed at Rochford on 1 June 1917 with Royal Aircraf ...
* Marine Frederick Eastwick
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