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If one returns to the Axe and begins to follow up its innumerable bends, one arrives opposite the little town of Colyton, which is not quite on the river.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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Cokam probably designates Colcombe Castle, a mansion of the Courtenays, near Colyton, in Devonshire, which was occupied by a detachment of the king's troops under Prince Maurice in 1644, but soon after fell into the hands of the rebels.
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Colyton, was waged the great battle of Brunanburgh between the men of
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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Some sad little entries at this time are quoted from the diary of a serge-maker of Colyton, in which he counts up what he lost in cloth through the inroads of the 'Lyme Men' (Parliamentarians), and the 'wostard woole' and 'sarge' torn from him by 'Percy's men' (Royalists).
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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Close to Colyton are the ruins of an old house of the Courtenays,
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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North of the town are the villages of Colyford and Colyton; visitors are usually content to view these from the train, but they are worthy of closer inspection.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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The 19-year-old, named by friends and neighbours as Justin McMaster, was shot by police at his family home in Colyton on September 26.
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The 19-year-old, named by friends and neighbours as Justin McMaster, was shot by police at his family home in Colyton on September 26.
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The police were responding to reports that three armed offenders had broken into a house on Holmes Street, Colyton, about 1am this morning, reported The Daily Telegraph.
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Sep 26: Teenager shot in stomach by police at his home in Holmes Street, Colyton
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