Colne, Cambridgeshire
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Coordinates: 52°22′N 0°01′E / 52.36°N 0.01°E
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 Colne
Colne shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| OS grid reference | TL368754 |
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| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Huntingdon |
| Postcode district | PE28 |
| Dialling code | 01487 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
Colne (pronounced as coaln), fomerly in Huntingdonshire but now part of Cambridgeshire, England, is a village near Earith north-east of St Ives.It is around 15 miles (24 km) north of Cambridge where there are railway connections to London and East Anglia, it is around 7 miles (11 km) from Huntingdon where there are also railway connections to London and the North. There are no shops in Colne itself but there is a Pub, "The green man", a Church, "St Helen's", and an egg farm. The nearest shop is less than a mile away in Bluntisham to the south. Colne in the past has also been known as Collen (xiii cent.); Colneye (xiv cent.)."Colne" is pronounced "cone".
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[edit] History
Colne suffered from a disastrous fire in 1844, but there still remains several 17th century half-timbered houses and cottages, thatched or tiled, and in the middle of the village on the west side of the street, there is a late 16th century house. Near to it is the Baptist Chapel built in 1870. The old church which stood a quarter of a mile north-west of the village was, for the most part, destroyed by the fall of the tower in 1896.A new church was subsequently built in the village.
[edit] Church
The ancient church of St Helen consisted of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower entirely within the nave, and a south porch. The walls are chiefly of stone and rubble, but parts of it were brick and the roof was tiled
[edit] Bus services
There are three bus services running through the village:
- 21 - operated by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire, runs between Chatteris/Somersham - Colne - St Ives
- 21 - operated by Go Whippet, runs between Ramsey/Somersham - Colne - St Ives
- 91 - operated by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire, runs between St Ives - Colne - Cambridge
[edit] External links
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