Village and civil parish in Essex, England
Human settlement in England
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