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.

Coleford junction (arguably Penstone Junction) is the place where the North Devon Railway from Crediton to Barnstaple splits to the later Okehampton line.

[edit] History

Charles I came this way on the 27 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.