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Dialling code 023 [1]
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50°53′46″N1°30′22″W / 50.896°N 1.506°W / 50.896; -1.506

Colbury is a small village in the civil parish of Ashurst and Colbury, in the New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. The village lies along Deerleap Lane, [2] near the modern village of Ashurst, in the New Forest National Park.

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History

The name Colbury is derived from Middle English for "Cola's manor", [3] and near Colbury is an estate called Langley which was held by "Cola the Hunter" in the Domesday Book of 1086. [4] The manor of Colbury was given to the Abbot of Beaulieu by Robert de Punchardon sometime in the 13th century. [2] A grant of free warren in the manor was made in 1359–60 to the Abbot and convent of Beaulieu. [2] Successive abbots remained in possession of the manor until the dissolution of the abbey in April 1538, when it passed to the Crown. [2] 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. [2] He died in November 1587, and his son Lewknor died in the following month, leaving John his brother and heir. [2] John was created a baronet in 1619, and the manor descended with the Mill Baronets until the death of the last baronet in 1835. [2]

The site of the Colbury Manor House is about a mile to the northeast of Colbury village, close to the village of Eling. [5] The house which is now there is modern, and no trace of ancient buildings survive. [5]

Colbury was for centuries a tithing in Eling parish. Its population in 1870 was 341 people. [6] The church in Colbury, called Christ Church, was built in 1870 by Benjamin Ferrey. [7]

The civil parish of Colbury was one of the parishes created out of the ancient parish of Eling on 30 September 1894. [2] Colbury parish was abolished on 1 October 1934 when 4722 acres were transferred to the parish of Denny Lodge and 750 acres were transferred to Eling. [8] In 1931 the parish had a population of 1247. [9] The modern parish of Ashurst and Colbury was created in 1985, but administers a much smaller area than the old Colbury parish.

The village has a hall built in 1928 as a memorial to the First World War. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Telecoms numbering". ofcom.org.uk. 28 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Parishes: Eling". british-history.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ Colbury, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
  4. ↑ Anna Powell-Smith. "Langley - Domesday Book". domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Hampshire Treasures". hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. ↑ John Marius Wilson, (1870-72) Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, page 24
  7. ↑ "Hampshire Treasures". hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Relationships / unit history of COLBURY, www.visionofbritain.org.uk
  9. ↑ "Population statistics Colbury CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ↑ O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN   9780300225037.
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