Colney

{{About|the Norfolk village|the Hertfordshire villages|Colney Heath|and|London Colney}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.625353|1.221714|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG181079

| official_name = Colney

| population = 215

| population_ref = (2021)

| area_total_km2 = 3.78

| static_image = Image:Colney-g2.jpg

| static_image_caption = St. Andrew's Church

| shire_district = South Norfolk

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Colney

| constituency_westminster = South Norfolk

| postcode_district = NR4

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01603

| london_distance =

}}

Colney ({{IPAc-en|'|k|oʊ|n|i}}){{cite web|title=Linguistic Notes on Norwich and Norfolk Place-names for Language and Communication Students|work=University of East Anglia|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246509/791965/Norwich+Placenames.pdf/701c4333-8a71-4ae4-a344-acde18a14f02|accessdate=31 July 2020}} is a village in the western outskirts of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk.

Colney is located {{Convert|2.8|mi|km}} west of Norwich and {{Convert|6.1|mi|km}} north-east of Wymondham.

History

Colney's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Cola's' island.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Colney |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

Colney is listed in the Domesday Book as a settlement of 34 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. The village was divided between the estates of Roger Bigod, Godric the Steward and William d'Ecouis.{{Cite web |title=Colney {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1807/colney/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=opendomesday.org}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Colney has a population of 215 people which shows an increase from the 153 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Colney (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/south_norfolk/E04006532__colney/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

The A47, between Birmingham and Lowestoft, and the B1108, between Carbrooke and Ipswich, both run through the parish.

St. Andrew's Church

Colney's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the Eleventh Century, being one of Norfolk's remaining round-tower church. St. Andrew's is located on Watton Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW, Colney - 1050754 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050754?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

St. Andrew's was heavily re-built in the Fourteenth Century and was further restored in the Victorian era. The church boasts a curious memorial to a John Fox who was killed in 1806 in an accident which warns carriage drivers to be careful when driving as well as a late-Medieval font. The church also holds memorials to members of the Barclay family, Cornet William Scott of the Bengal Light Infantry (d.1856) and to a local woman who was killed in the Boxing Day Tsunami.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Amenities

Greenacres Memorial Park is located within the village which is a facility for natural burials, scattering of ashes and a Memorial Hall for the celebration for wakes and wedding receptions.{{Cite web |title=Colney Park |url=https://www.greenacresgroup.co.uk/parks/colney-park/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=GreenAcres Group |language=en-GB}} The funeral of TV presenter Caroline Flack took place there in 2020.{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/caroline-flacks-mother-shares-details-of-presenters-private-funeral-11958508 |title=Caroline Flack's mother shares details of presenter's private funeral |first=Bethany |last=Minelle |publisher=news.sky.com |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=25 June 2021}}

The John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute, both parts of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are located within the village.

Norwich City's Lotus Training Ground is located in Colney.

Governance

Claxton is part of the electoral ward of Cringleford 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's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.

War memorial

Colney's war memorial is located by the side of Old Watton Road and is a granite celtic cross.{{Cite web |title=Colney War Memorial, Colney - 1442409 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1442409 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/5 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial

Lt.

|David S. Barclay

|1st Bn., Scots Guards

|24 Apr. 1917

|St. Andrew's Churchyard

LCpl.