Coleford, Devon
Coleford is a small hamlet in Mid-Devon, England. It includes a pub, and also has a park.
Coleford junction is the place where the North Devon Railway from Crediton to Barnstaple splits to the later Okehampton line.History
came through Coleford on 27 July 1644 on his way to Bow, where he spent a night during the English Civil War. At that time Coleford village was on the main highway from Cornwall to Devon. There is a tradition that the King reviewed his horse troop, from the "Porched House", a building which dates from this time.
Henry Kingsley's novel The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn is set partly in the village.
