Colton, Norfolk
| Colton | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's Church | |
  Colton Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG109098 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR9 |
| Dialling code | 01603 |
| UK Parliament | |
Colton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the English county of Norfolk.
Colton is located 8.3 miles (13.4 km) south of Reepham and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) west of Norwich.
History
[edit]Colton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Cola's farmstead or settlement.[1]
Colton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Coletuna,[2] a settlement of 2 households in the hundred of Forehoe. The village was part of the estate of William de Warenne.[3]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Marlingford.[4] In 2001 the new parish was renamed to "Marlingford and Colton".[5]
The Norfolk Lurcher on High House Farm Lane[6] which first opened in 1991 and was called the Ugly Bug Inn until 2007.[7]
Geography
[edit]In 1931, the parish had a population of 175.[8] This was the last time separate population statistics were collated for Colton.
St. Andrew's Church
[edit]Colton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Andrew's is located on Church Lane and has been Grade II listed since 1983.[9]
St. Andrew's was re-roofed in the Seventeenth Century and restored in the Victorian era. The church boasts a Victorian organ and a Medieval wall-painting depicting the dangers of gossip.[10]
Governance
[edit]Colton is part of the electoral ward of Easton for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour Party's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.
War Memorial
[edit]Colton's war memorial are two plaques (one stone and another brass) located inside St. Andrew's Church. The stone memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCpl. | Herbert Brown | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 1 May 1917 | Loos Memorial |
| LCpl. | Frederick H. Davey | 9th Bn., Suffolk Regiment | 25 Sep. 1915 | Loos Memorial |
| Pte. | Daniel A. Shingles | 5th Bn., Duke of Wellington's Regiment | 4 Sep. 1918 | Denain Cemetery |
| Pte. | Edward Loveday | 1/5th Bn., East Surrey Regiment | 26 Mar. 1919 | All Saints' Churchyard |
| Pte. | Reginald Stone | 7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 12 Oct. 1916 | Cabaret-Rouge Cem. |
| Pte. | George I. Fenn | 11th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment | 21 Oct. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
And, the brass memorial lists the following name for the Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mne. | Graham G. Dunnell | Royal Marines att. HMS Hood | 24 May 1941 | Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
References
[edit]- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Norfolk A-C". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Colton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and Changes Colton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "The Parish of Marlingford (change of name) order 2001" (PDF). South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "About Us". The Norfolk Lurcher. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Ugly Bug Inn". Norfolk Pubs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Population Statistics Colton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Marlingford and Colton - 1050751 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
[edit]
- "Hundred of Forehoe: Colton". British History Online. Retrieved 30 August 2019.