Colyton
Colyton is a community in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon neighborhood authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Seaton and 6 miles (9.7 km) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, decreasing 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 old town around 700 AD and features in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The 3rd code of legislation of King Edmund I was provided at Colyton in around 945. This aided to maintain feudal society, by stating clearly its 4 columns: royalty, lordship, household, and also neighbourhood. It grew into a vital farming centre as well as market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop as well as an oak bark tannery that is still functioning. Positioned 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometres) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, currently knocked down, a former seat of the Courtenay household, Earls of Devon. Complying with the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and those within Colyton were sold back for £1,000 to numerous citizens of Colyton church, as listed in an action transcribed in the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as "John Clarke and also others. Grant in totally free socage, based on rents etc. (specified), for l,000 l, of the complying with lands (degrees given) in the church of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton estate, Devon, as well as belonged to Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, that continued to keep in common various buildings in the church. The town has been described as "the most defiant community in Devon" as a result of the variety of its residents who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.