Place:Colburn, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Colburn is a civil parish and a town since 1974 in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Catterick village and has a population of 4,860 according to the 2011 UK census, rising from 3,606 in the 2001 UK census.

The town takes its name from the first settlers along the stream Colburn Beck. It means "cold stream," "coal stream" or "cool, black stream" and is a mixture of Old English and Old Norse ("col", "kol" and "burna"). A "burn" refers to a valley that has been eroded by flowing water. The Colburn or Coburn family is widespread around the world, including Edward Colburn [native of Colburn?], great-grandfather of Reuben Colburn, who came to America in 1635 on the ship Defence, part of the Puritan Great Migration of the 1630s led by John Winthrop. Colburn Hall, a grade II listed building, is located on the outskirts of the old village, along with a grade I listed courthouse dating back to the 1300s.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"COLBOURN, or Colburn, a township in Catterick parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 2½ miles SE by E of Richmond. Acres: 1,318. Real property: £1,736. Population: 142. Houses: 26."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Colburn was part of Richmond Rural District in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Historically, it was an ecclesiastical parish in the Hang West Wapentake.