Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLYFORD

COLYFORD, a tything, with a village, in Colyton parish, Devon: on Seaton railway, 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 r. station, and a fair on the Wednesday after 11 March.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a tything, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Colyton AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Colyford

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