In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colburn like this:
COLBOURN, or Colburn, a township in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 2½ miles SE by E of Richmond. Acres, 1, 318. Real property, £1, 736. Pop., 142. Houses, 26.
Colburn through time
Colburn is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colburn, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12148
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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