White Colne

Village and civil parish in Essex, England

Human settlement in England

Region

51°56′10″N 0°43′34″E / 51.936°N 0.726°E / 51.936; 0.726

White Colne is a village and parish in Essex, England, on the north side of the River Colne, opposite Earls Colne, and on the Colchester road, 4 miles (6.4 km) East South East of Halstead.^[2] It traces its history back to the Domesday Book and beyond. There is evidence of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic settlement in the area.^[3] White Colne railway station was a station on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

The village church is dedicated to St Andrew. The German film actor Anton Diffring is buried in the churchyard.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^ White's Directory of Essex (1848)
^ "Welcome". White Colne Online. Retrieved 13 March 2009.