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Colyton - EX24
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Colyton
Colyton is a community in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and 6 miles (9.7 km) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, lowering to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a huge part of the Coly Valley electoral ward. The ward populace at the above demographics was 4,493. Colyton first looked like an ancient town around 700 AD as well as features in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The 3rd code of law of King Edmund I was released at Colyton in about 945. This helped to maintain feudal culture, by specifying plainly its four columns: royalty, lordship, family members, and area. It turned into a crucial agricultural centre and also market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop and an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Located 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometres) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, currently knocked down, a previous seat of the Courtenay family members, Earls of Devon. Complying with the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, as well as those within Colyton were sold back for £1,000 to numerous locals of Colyton parish, as noted in an act recorded in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke as well as others. Grant in totally free socage, subject to leas and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the complying with lands (degrees given) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton chateau, Devon, and also came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the beginning of the Feoffees of Colyton, that remained to hold in typical various homes in the church. The community has been called "one of the most defiant community in Devon" as a result of the variety of its occupants who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
