Coleford, Devon

Coleford
Devon
Location
Grid reference:	SS771010
Location:	50°47’45"N, 3°44’38"W
Data
Postcode:	EX17
Local Government
Council:	Mid Devon

Coleford is a small, compact hamlet in Devon, just north of the village of Colebrooke and a few miles west of Crediton. It includes a chapel and a pub, and also has a park and a full set of public conveniences.

Coleford junction (by the hamlet of Penstone, just to the south) is where the North Devon Railway from Crediton to Barnstaple splits to the later Okehampton line.

History

King Charles I came through Coleford on 27 July 1644 on his way to Bow, where he spent a night during the Civil War. At that time Coleford village was on the main highway from Cornwall to Devon. There is a tradition that the King reviewed his horse troop, from the "Porched House", a building which dates from this time.

The novel by Henry Kingsley, Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn is set partly in the village.

Outside links

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