Colne, Cambridgeshire

Colne, Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°22′N 0°01′E / 52.36°N 0.01°E / 52.36; 0.01

Colne
Colne is located in Cambridgeshire
Colne

 Colne shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference TL368754
District Huntingdonshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Huntingdon
Postcode district PE28
Dialling code 01487
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Colne (pronounced as coaln), fomerly in Huntingdonshire but now part of Cambridgeshire, England, is a village near Earith north-east of St Ives.It is around 15 miles (24 km) north of Cambridge where there are railway connections to London and East Anglia, it is around 7 miles (11 km) from Huntingdon where there are also railway connections to London and the North. There are no shops in Colne itself but there is a Pub, "The green man", a Church, "St Helen's", and an egg farm. The nearest shop is less than a mile away in Bluntisham to the south. Colne in the past has also been known as Collen (xiii cent.); Colneye (xiv cent.)."Colne" is pronounced "cone".

Signpost in Colne

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History

Colne suffered from a disastrous fire in 1844, but there still remains several 17th century half-timbered houses and cottages, thatched or tiled, and in the middle of the village on the west side of the street, there is a late 16th century house. Near to it is the Baptist Chapel built in 1870. The old church which stood a quarter of a mile north-west of the village was, for the most part, destroyed by the fall of the tower in 1896.A new church was subsequently built in the village.

Church

The ancient church of St Helen consisted of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower entirely within the nave, and a south porch. The walls are chiefly of stone and rubble, but parts of it were brick and the roof was tiled

Bus services

There are three bus services running through the village:

  • 21 - operated by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire, runs between Chatteris/Somersham - Colne - St Ives
  • 21 - operated by Go Whippet, runs between Ramsey/Somersham - Colne - St Ives
  • 91 - operated by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire, runs between St Ives - Colne - Cambridge

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