The parish of Weston Colville forms a long thin area of 3235 acres stretching from just south of the A11 to the Suffolk border.

From then until 1708 the manor remained in the hands of the Colville family, who added their name to the village which was hitherto known only as Weston (meaning "west town").

[3] Between 1943 and 1947 the flat area south-east of the village was used as a bomber airfield during the Second World War known as Wratting Common.

[3] J. R. Withers (1812–92), "the Cambridgeshire poet", was born at Weston Colville, son of the village shoemaker, though he lived at Fordham as an adult.

[4] A book of his poems is available online (https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/j-r-james-reynolds-withers/poems-upon-various-subjects-ala/1-poems-upon-various-subjects-ala.shtml) The parish church of St Mary consists of a chancel with north vestry, nave with south porch, and west tower.