Population 1,008 (2011 Census) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01787 District Braintree District | OS grid reference TL855305 Country England Post town Colchester Shire county Essex UK parliament constituency Braintree | |
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Colne Engaine is a village and a civil parish in Essex, England, situated just north of the River Colne and of the larger village of Earls Colne, approximately ten miles northwest of Colchester. The village takes its name from the river, around which it is likely that the earliest settlements were made, and the Engaine family, who were the principal family of the village between 1279 and 1367.
Contents
- Map of Colne Engaine Colchester UK
- History
- Colne Engaine Football Club
- The Five Bells
- Notable former residents
- References
Map of Colne Engaine, Colchester, UK
History
Variations on spelling may be Colne Gagn and Colne Geyne, as seen in 1418.
Previously the village had been known as Little Colne, and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Parva Colun with 38 inhabitants, returning '[a] Man-at-arms from Walter the Deacon; Walter from Robert Malet. 2 mills, 3 beehives. 13 goats'. It is one of four villages named after the river (the others being Earls Colne, Wakes Colne and White Colne). The parish contains the hamlet of Countess Cross. Evidence of Roman settlements have been found by the Church, and also at Knight's Farm, to the west of the village. The Sheriff's manor of Colne Engaine was purchased by John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford in 1508, in order to augment his adjacent Earls Colne manor.
Colne Engaine Football Club
Colne Engaine FC, nicknamed 'The Engines', was founded in 1921.
In 2003, the club folded due to lack of interest, however, with the help of the parish council and former club members, the club was reformed in 2005; repairing the changing rooms and moving to local community pitch, Burches Meadow.
The team has been successful with a third successive promotion in 2007/08 by winning the Colchester and East Essex Football League Division One championship, adding the Great Bromley Cup and League Knock out Cup for a historic treble. In 2008/2009, the club won in the Amos Cup for the first time in its history
The Five Bells
The Five Bells is the only public house in Colne Engaine. The building is over 500 years old and a record of landlords since 1579 is displayed in the bar area. In 1689 the landlord was recorded as running a 'disorderly house'. Another public house, the Three Cups was recorded in 1766.