Colebrooke, Devon
Historical Description
Colebrooke, a parish in Devonshire, 2 miles from Teoford station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4 W by N of Crediton. It includes the villages of Copplestone and Coleford, and the post office of Copplestone, North Devonshire. It has a post and money order office under Plympton; telegraph office, Copplestone railway station. Acreage, 4778; population, 705. " The manor belongs to the Coryton family. Coombe House, Paschoe House, and Wootton are seats in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; value, £242 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is partly Early English, partly Perpendicular, and consists of nave, chancel, transept, and aisle. There were formerly five chapelries, and a beautiful archway gate of the one at Whelmstone still stands.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Devon | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Colebroke St. Mary | |
Hundred | Crediton | |
Poor Law union | Crediton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Colebrooke
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Colebrooke from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Colebroke (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Colebrooke 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Villages, Hamlets, &c
ColefordCopplestone
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.