COLNE (ENGAIN), a parish in the Witham division of the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, 2f miles (E.) from Halstead, containing' 547 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £13. 17. 6., and in the patronage of the Governors of Christ's Hospital. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. This parish is bounded on the south by the river Colne, near which passes the Roman road from Colchester. There is a small endowment for the instruction of children.