COLBY, a parish in the southern division of the
hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles
(N. E. by N.) from Aylsharn, containing 267 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£8.15.10., and in the patronage of Lord Suffield. The
church is dedicated to St. Giles.