| Official Name: | Colton |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East of England |
| Coordinates: | 52.6451°N 1.1162°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | TG109098 |
| Post Town: | NORWICH |
| Postcode Area: | NR |
| Postcode District: | NR9 |
| Dial Code: | 01603 |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Static Image: | St Andrew's Church, Colton, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 807650.jpg |
Colton is a village and former civil parish, 8miles west of Norwich,[1] now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 175.[2]
Colton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Cola's farmstead or settlement.[3]
Colton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Coletuna,[4] it is recorded as a settlement of 2 households in the hundred of Forehoe. The village was part of the estate of William de Warenne.[5]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Marlingford.[6] In 2001 the new parish was renamed to "Marlingford and Colton".[7]
The Norfolk Lurcher on High House Farm Lane[8] which first opened in 1991 and was called the Ugly Bug Inn until 2007.[9]
Colton falls within the constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party.
Colton's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Andrew.[10]
Colton's war memorials take the form of two plaques located inside St. Andrew's Church. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
St. Andrew's also holds a memorial to Peter Dunnell who was killed after his Avro Lincoln was shot down by the Soviet Air Force over Occupied Germany in 1953.[12]