Colyford

Colyford
Colyford Colyford shown within Devon
OS grid reference	SY249924
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLYTON
Postcode district	EX24
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	East Devon
List of places UK England Devon

Coordinates: 50°43′37″N 3°03′52″W / 50.72695°N 3.06443°W / 50.72695; -3.06443

Colyford is a village in East Devon, England. It is adjacent to the town of Colyton to the north and lies within its civil parish boundaries.^[1]

Features

Colyford is a village on the A3052 Lyme Regis to Exeter road, situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth. Seaton is 2 km. away on the coast and Colyton 1 km. further inland. Colyford was formerly an Ancient Borough of long-standing and still elects a Mayor.

There is a strong sense of community within the village ^[2] and the social scene is centred on the Memorial Hall. Much village effort is put into the annual Michaelmas Goose Fayre, held on Springfields on the south side of the village. Villagers and friends dress in medieval costume, with mummers and medieval music, as they follow the Mayor and his Lady, in a horse-drawn cart, as they process along the main road to the fayre ground.

Colyford has a chapel-of-ease, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, also a village Post Office, a Butcher, and two Pubs, the Wheelwright and the White Hart. In recent years the village has lost the service of its village Filling Station which is now a museum of motoring memorabilia (closed in 2013).

Another of the attractions of the village is the Seaton Tramway that runs along the discontinued railway branch line from Seaton to Colyton from Spring to Autumn.

Colyton Grammar School dates from 1545^[3] and made headlines in recent years as the first school to 'opt out' of local authority control and gain grant-maintained status and for achieving very high rankings in national examination league tables.^[4] It is located on a narrow lane and is not visible from the main road.

References

↑ "Colyford Village website". Colyford Village. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "Colyford Village". Seaton Museum. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "Colyton Grammar School Website". Colyton Grammar. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
↑ "Colyton 99% GCSE pass rate". GetBucks. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colyford.

colyfordvillage.co.uk - City Colyford's website

Towns, villages and hamlets in the East Devon District of Devon, England

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