Colton, Norfolk

Colton is a village and former civil parish, 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich,[1] now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 175.[2]

Colton
Colton is located in Norfolk
Colton
Colton
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTG109098
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR9
Dialling code01603

History

Colton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Cola's farmstead or settlement.[3]

Colton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Coletuna,[4] it is recorded as a settlement of 2 households in the hundred of Forehoe. The village was part of the estate of William de Warenne.[5]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Marlingford.[6] In 2001 the new parish was renamed to "Marlingford and Colton".[7]

The Norfolk Lurcher on High House Farm Lane[8] which first opened in 1991 and was called the Ugly Bug Inn until 2007.[9]

Geography

Colton falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party.

St. Andrew's Church

Colton's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Andrew.[10]

War Memorial

Colton's war memorials take the form of two plaques located inside St. Andrew's Church. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

  • Gunner Sidney Curtis (d.1945), 57th (Light) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • Marine Graham G. Dunnell (1922-1941), att. HMS Hood

St. Andrew's also holds a memorial to Peter Dunnell who was killed after his Avro Lincoln was shot down by the Soviet Air Force over Occupied Germany in 1953.[12]

References
  1. "Distance from Colton [52.645147, 1.116226]". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "Population Statistics Colton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 19, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Colton
  4. "Norfolk A-C". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1009/colton/
  6. "Relationships and Changes Colton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. "The Parish of Marlingford (change of name) order 2001" (PDF). South Norfolk Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. "About Us". The Norfolk Lurcher. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. "Ugly Bug Inn". Norfolk Pubs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 19, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colton/colton.htm
  11. Pye, A. (2015). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6579577
  12. Pye, A. (2015). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6579579
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