Colne Engaine, Essex Family History Guide
Colne Engaine is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Other places in the parish include: Colne Park.
Alternative names: Little Colne
Parish church: St Andrew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1629
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
COLNE-ENGAINE, or Little Colne, a village and a parish in Halstead district, Essex.
The village occupies a rising-ground on the left side of the river Colne, 1½ mile WNW of Colne r. station, and 2½ ESE of Halstead; and has a post office, of the name of Colne-Engaine, under Halstead.
The parish comprises 2,444 acres. Real property, £4,680. Pop., 627. Houses, 142. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belonged anciently to the Engaines; and passed to the Sherreves, to Colchester priory, and to the De Veres. Colne Park is a principal residence; and near it is an Ionic column by Soane.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £680. Patron, Christ’s Hospital. The church is very good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
COLNE, ENGAIN (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, Witham division of the hundred of Lexden, N. division of Essex, 2¾ miles (E.) from Halstead; containing 685 inhabitants.
This parish, which derives the affix to its name from the family of Engain, proprietors of the manor, comprises 2444a. 2r. 5p., whereof about 1896 are arable, 297 pasture, 15 in hops, and 148 wood and plantations. The lands are in general elevated, and the soil is of light quality, consisting of loam, mixed with sand. The river Colne forms the southern boundary, near which passes the Roman road from Colchester. A fair for toys is held on Whit Monday and Tuesday.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 17. 6., and in the gift of the Governors of Christ’s Hospital: the tithes have been commuted for £750, and the glebe comprises 56 acres, with a house. The church, a plain edifice with a good tower of brick, is pleasantly situated; the parsonage-house is a handsome residence.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Collis Benjamin Granger, Colne Engaine, Essex. miller, April 24, 1829.
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Halstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Lexden, Post-1846 – Halstead
- Poor Law Union: Halstead
- Hundred: Lexden
- Province: Canterbury