In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described White Colne like this:
COLNE-WHITE, a parish in Halstead district, Essex; on the river Colne and on the Colne-Valley railway, ½ a mile E of Colne r. station, and 4½ ESE of Halstead. Post town, Colne-Wakes, under Halstead. Acres, 1, 467. Real property, £2, 562. Pop., 400. Houses, 87. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Whites. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £130.* Patron, the Rev. G. J. Taylor. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.
White Colne through time
White Colne is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about White Colne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of White Colne, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6643
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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