White Colne 1863 Whites Directory
COLNE ( WHITE) is a village and parish, on the north side of the river Colne, opposite Earl’s Colne, and on the Colchester road, 4miles E.S.E. of Halstead. It includes Colne Station, and contains 400 souls and 1730 acres of land. It was anciently called Colne- le- Blanc, fromthe Le Blancfamily, who held it at the Norman survey, but it soon afterwards passed to the De Vere and other families. The Rev. W. E. Hume, M.A., now in retirement, is impropriator of the great tithes, patron and incumbent of the perpetual curacy (valued at £130,) lord of the manor, and owner of Barwick Hall estate; but the estates, called Ingledesthorp and Bert Hall, belong to Osgood Hanbury, Esq. Mr. Samuel Francis and several smaller owners have land in the parish, which is mostly freehold. The tithes have been commuted for £480 per annum.
The Church (St. Andrew,) is a small building, with a tower. It was repaired about 90years ago, and a small gallery was erected in 1846. It was appropriated to Colne Priory, and since the dissolution the livinghas been a donative, in the gift of the owner of Barwick Hall, now a farm house. The Rev. G. J. Taylor, M.A., of Earl’s Colne, is the curate. The Particular Baptists have a small chapel here, built in 1843, and now under the ministry of the Rev. M. Jones,
of Earl’s Colne.
WHITE COLNE.
Appleby Joseph, jun. coal merchant; h Wakes Colne
Duddell Miss Louisa.
Fairhead Samuel, gardener
Firmin James, station master
Groves Nathaniel, shopkeeper
Higgleton G. parish clerk
Wing Mrs. J.
James Wm. grocer and draper, Countess Cross
Mayhew Edw. Jeremiah Esq.
Patten James, vict. King’s Head
Rayner John, blacksmith
Ringer Elijah, boot and shoemaker
Smith Letitia and Henrietta, school
FARMERS
French William
Hicks Joseph Rouse, Barwick
Pilgrim Bernard
Pilgrim Jeffrey
Prewer Frederick
Shave Jno. Kay
Wood William
Post from Wakes Colne
RAILWAY.
Trains 4 times a day to Colchester &c