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The following appear as names for Colchester. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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COLCHESTER | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
ST BOTOLPH | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Colchester. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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22UG | District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) |
ALL SAINTS | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
BOTOLPH ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
COLCHESTER | 1841 Occupation reporting area | 1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'. |
Ancient District (Borough) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599. | |
Archdeaconry | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 783. | |
Archdeaconry | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 780. | |
Constituency (PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Local Government District (MB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599. | |
Parish-level Unit (CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600. | |
Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 783. | |
Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 780. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601. | |
Urban Labour Market | Great Britain Historical GIS Project | |
COLCHESTER ALL SAINTS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER FIRST WARD | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
COLCHESTER HOLY TRINITY | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER HOLY TRINITY WITH ST MARTIN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER NORTH WEST | Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. |
COLCHESTER SECOND WARD | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
COLCHESTER SOUTH EAST | Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. |
COLCHESTER ST ANNE | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST BARNABAS OLD HEATH | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST BOTOLPH | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST BOTOLPH WITH HOLY TRINITY AND ST GILES | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST GILES | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST JAMES | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST JAMES WITH ALL SAINTS AND ST NICHOLAS AND ST RUNWALD | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST JOHN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST LEONARD | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST MARTIN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST MARY AT THE WALLS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST MARY MAGDALEN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST NICHOLAS | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST PAUL | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER ST PETER | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST RUNWALD | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. | |
COLCHESTER ST STEPHEN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135. |
COLCHESTER THIRD WARD | Registration sub-District | Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) |
E120319 | Local Government District (MB) | |
ESSEX COLCHESTER | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) | |
GILES ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
HOLY TRINITY | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
JAMES ST | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
LEONARD ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
MARTIN ST | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
MARY SAINT AT THE WALLS | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
MARY ST AT THE WALLS | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
MARY ST MAGDALEN | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NICHOLAS ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NORTH COLCHESTER | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
PETER ST | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
RUNWALD ST | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
SOUTH COLCHESTER AND MALDON | Constituency (CCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
ST BOTOLPH | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST GILES | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST JAMES | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST LEONARD | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST MARTIN | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST MARY AT THE WALLS | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST MARY MAGDALEN | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST NICHOLAS | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST PETER | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
ST RUNWALD | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
TRINITY HOLY | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Colchester, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Colchester, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colchester in Essex | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/893/names
Date accessed: 25th April 2024