White Colne

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White Colne
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Village sign of White Colne
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White Colne
Location within Essex
Population540 (2011 Census) [1]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Colchester
Postcode district CO6
Dialling code 01206
01787
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
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Essex
51°56′10″N0°43′34″E / 51.936°N 0.726°E / 51.936; 0.726

White Colne is a village and parish in Essex, England, on the north side of the River Colne, opposite Earls Colne, and on the Colchester road, 4 miles (6.4 km) East South East of Halstead. [2] It traces its history back to the Domesday Book of 1086 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.

The village church is dedicated to St Andrew. The German film actor Anton Diffring is buried in the churchyard.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ↑ White's Directory of Essex (1848)
  3. ↑ "Welcome". White Colne Online. Retrieved 13 March 2009.

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