Colyton
Colyton is a community in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon neighborhood authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) 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 selecting ward. The ward population at the above census was 4,493. Colyton first appeared as an old village around 700 AD and also attributes in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of legislation of King Edmund I was issued at Colyton in around 945. This helped to stabilize feudal culture, by mentioning plainly its four columns: royalty, lordship, household, as well as neighbourhood. It turned into an essential farming centre and market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron shop and also an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Positioned 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the town was Colcombe Castle, now knocked down, a former seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. Adhering to the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and those within Colyton were marketed back for £1,000 to numerous homeowners of Colyton church, as detailed in a deed transcribed 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, based on leas and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the adhering to lands (degrees provided) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton estate, Devon, and came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, that continued to hold in usual different residential or commercial properties in the church. The town has been referred to as "one of the most defiant community in Devon" as a result of the number of its residents who joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
