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Colyton

Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon regional authority area. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and also 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, minimizing 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 appeared as an old town around 700 AD and attributes in the Domesday Book as 'Culitone'. The third code of legislation of King Edmund I was provided at Colyton in around 945. This assisted to maintain feudal culture, by mentioning clearly its 4 columns: royalty, lordship, family, and area. It became an important farming centre as well as market town with a corn mill, saw mill, iron foundry and an oak bark tannery that is still operating. Situated 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the north of the community was Colcombe Castle, currently knocked down, a previous seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. Following the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and also those within Colyton were marketed back for £1,000 to different residents of Colyton church, as detailed in an action transcribed in the Letters as well as Papers of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summed up as "John Clarke as well as others. Grant in cost-free socage, subject to rents and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the complying with lands (degrees given) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton estate, Devon, and also came from Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted". This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, who continued to hold in common various properties in the church. The community has been called "one of the most defiant community in Devon" due to the number of its occupants that joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.