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COLNE:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1835]
(unless otherwise stated)

"COLNE, a parish in the hundred of HURSTINGSTONE, county of HUNTINGDON, 2 miles (S. E.- by S.) from Somersham, containing 480 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Somersham, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is in the early style of English architecture, with a western tower; it contains some remains of figures and armorial bearings in stained glass, and is situated about half a mile from the village."

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2010]

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