Colbury
| Colbury | |
|---|---|
 Colbury | |
  Colbury Location within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU348108 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | SO40 |
| Dialling code | 023[1] |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Colbury is a small village in the civil parish of Ashurst and Colbury, in the New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. The village lies along Deerleap Lane,[2] near the modern village of Ashurst, in the New Forest National Park.
History
The name Colbury is derived from Middle English for "Cola's manor",[3] and near Colbury is an estate called Langley which was held by "Cola the Hunter" in the Domesday Book of 1086.[4] The manor of Colbury was given to the Abbot of Beaulieu by Robert de Punchardon sometime in the 13th century.[2] A grant of free warren in the manor was made in 1359–60 to the Abbot and convent of Beaulieu.[2] Successive abbots remained in possession of the manor until the dissolution of the abbey in April 1538, when it passed to the Crown.[2] It was purchased in 1544 by John Mill and his son John. The elder John died in 1551 and the younger John was succeeded by his son Lewknor.[2] He died in November 1587, and his son Lewknor died in the following month, leaving John his brother and heir.[2] John was created a baronet in 1619, and the manor descended with the Mill Baronets until the death of the last baronet in 1835.[2]
The site of the Colbury Manor House is about a mile to the northeast of Colbury village, close to the village of Eling.[5] The house which is now there is modern, and no trace of ancient buildings survive.[5]
Colbury was for centuries a tithing in Eling parish. Its population in 1870 was 341 people.[6] The church in Colbury, called Christ Church, was built in 1870 by Benjamin Ferrey.[7]
The civil parish of Colbury was one of the parishes created out of the ancient parish of Eling on 30 September 1894.[2] Colbury parish was abolished on 1 October 1934 when 4722 acres were transferred to the parish of Denny Lodge and 750 acres were transferred to Eling.[8] In 1931 the parish had a population of 1247.[9] The modern parish of Ashurst and Colbury was created in 1985, but administers a much smaller area than the old Colbury parish.
The village has a hall built in 1928 as a memorial to the First World War.[10]
References
- ^ "Telecoms numbering". ofcom.org.uk. 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Parishes: Eling". british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ Colbury, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
- ^ Anna Powell-Smith. "Langley - Domesday Book". domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Hampshire Treasures". hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ John Marius Wilson, (1870-72) Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, page 24
- ^ "Hampshire Treasures". hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ Relationships / unit history of COLBURY, www.visionofbritain.org.uk
- ^ "Population statistics Colbury CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 9780300225037.
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