White Colne

White Colne
White Colne
	Village sign of White Colne
	White Colne Location within Essex
Population	540 (2011 Census)
District	Braintree;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO6
Dialling code	01206; 01787
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Braintree;
	List of places UK England Essex 51°56′10″N 0°43′34″E / 51.936°N 0.726°E

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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.

External links

Media related to White Colne at Wikimedia Commons

White Colne Parish Council website
British History Online: History of White Colne

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[whites-2] White's Directory of Essex (1848)

[3] "Welcome". White Colne Online. Retrieved 13 March 2009.

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