Colbury is a small village in the New Forest National Park, in Hampshire, England. The village lies along Deerleap Lane,[2] near the modern village of Ashurst.

Colbury
Colbury
Colbury Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU348108
Civil parish	Ashurst and Colbury
District	New Forest
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district	SO40
Dialling code	023[1]
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	New Forest East
List of places UK England Hampshire 50.896°N 1.506°W / 50.896; -1.506

History

The name Colbury is derived from Middle English for "Cola's manor",[3] and near Colbury is an estate called Langley which was held by "Cola the Hunter" in the Domesday Book of 1086.[4] The manor of Colbury was given to the Abbot of Beaulieu by Robert de Punchardon sometime in the 13th century.[2] A grant of free warren in the manor was made in 1359–60 to the Abbot and convent of Beaulieu.[2] Successive abbots remained in possession of the manor until the dissolution of the abbey in April 1538, when it passed to the Crown.[2] It was purchased in 1544 by John Mill and his son John. The elder John died in 1551 and the younger John was succeeded by his son Lewknor.[2] He died in November 1587, and his son Lewknor died in the following month, leaving John his brother and heir.[2] John was created a baronet in 1619, and the manor descended with the Mill Baronets until the death of the last baronet in 1835.[2]

The site of the Colbury Manor House is about a mile to the northeast of Colbury village, close to the village of Eling.[5] The house which is now there is modern, and no trace of ancient buildings survive.[5]

Colbury was for centuries a tithing in Eling parish. Its population in 1870 was 341 people.[6] The church in Colbury, called Christ Church, was built in 1870 by Benjamin Ferrey.[7]

The civil parish of Colbury was one of the parishes created out of the ancient parish of Eling in 1894.[2] Colbury parish was abolished in 1934 when 4722 acres were transferred to the parish of Denny Lodge and 750 acres were transferred to Totton and Eling.[8] The modern parish of Ashurst and Colbury was created in 1985, but administers a much smaller area than the old Colbury parish.

The village has a hall built in 1928 as a memorial to the First World War.[9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colbury.

• Ashurst and Colbury Parish Council