Colbury
| Colbury | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Colbury | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU348108 |
| Location: | 50°53’46"N, 1°30’22"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Southampton |
| Postcode: | SO40 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | New Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
New Forest East |
Colbury is a small village in the New Forest in south-western Hampshire. The village stands beside along Deerleap Lane.[1] near the modern village of Ashurst.
History
The name 'Colbury' is derived from Middle English for "Cola's manor",[2] and near Colbury is an estate called Langley which was held by "Cola the Hunter" in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3] The manor of Colbury was given to the Abbot of Beaulieu by Robert de Punchardon sometime in the 13th century.[1] A grant of free warren in the manor was made in 1359–60 to the Abbot and convent of Beaulieu.[1] Successive abbots remained in possession of the manor until the Dissolution of the Monasteries; the abbey was dissolved in April 1538 and the estate passed to the Crown.[1] It was purchased in 1544 by John Mill and his son John. The elder John died in 1551 and the younger John was succeeded by his son Lewknor.[1] He died in November 1587, and his son Lewknor died in the following month, leaving John his brother and heir.[1] John was created a baronet in 1619, and the manor descended with the Mill Baronets until the death of the last baronet in 1835.[1]
The site of the Colbury Manor House is about a mile to the northeast of Colbury village, close to the village of Eling. The house which is now there is modern, and no trace of ancient buildings survive.
Colbury was for centuries a tithing in Eling parish. Its population in 1870 was 341 people.[4] The church in Colbury, called Christ Church, was built in 1870 by Benjamin Ferrey.
The village has a hall built in 1928 as a memorial to the First World War.[5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 4 : Parishes: Eling (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Colbury, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
- ↑ Colbury in the Domesday Book
- ↑ John Marius Wilson, (1870-72) Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, page 24
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4
