Colyford, Devon

Historical Description

Colyford, a tithing, with a village, in Colyton parish, Devonshire, on the L. & S.W.R., 151 miles from London, and 1 mile S of Colyton. The village stands on a Roman road; probably occupies the site of a Roman station; was once a pleasant place of some note; and has a post office under Axminster, a railway station, a chapel of ease, and a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Colyford from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Colyford)

Maps

Online maps of Colyford are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)