Coleford, Devon
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Coleford is a small hamlet in Mid-Devon. It has a chapel and a pub. It also has a park and a phone box.
[edit] History
Charles I came this way on the 27th July 1644 on his way to Bow, where he spent the night in the English Civil War. At that time this village was on the main highway from Cornwall into Devon. There is a tradition that the King reviewed his horse troop, from the "Porched House" which dates from this time. The novel by Henry Kingsley, "Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn" is set partly in the village. Coleford junction (arguably Penstone Junction) is the place where the railway from Crediton to Barnstaple splits to the later Okehampton line.
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