White Colne

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White Colne
Essex
Old houses along the A1124 at White Colne - geograph.org.uk - 800787.jpg
Houses along the A1124
Location
Location: 51°56’10"N, 0°43’34"E
Data
Population: 540  (2011[1])
Post town: Colchester
Postcode: CO6
Dialling code: 01206, 01787
Local Government
Council: Braintree
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Essex

White Colne is a village and parish in the Lexden hundred of Essex, on the north side of the River Colne, opposite Earls Colne. The village is situated on the Colchester road, four miles east-south-east of Halstead.[2] It traces its history back to the Domesday book and beyond. There is evidence of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic settlement in the area.[3] White Colne railway station was a station on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130560&c=White+Colne&d=16&e=62&g=6423049&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1473258563031&enc=1. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 
  2. White's Directory of Essex (1848)
  3. "Welcome". White Colne Online. http://www.whitecolne.com/. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 

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