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Colyton is a community in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon regional authority location. It is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) from Seaton and 6 miles (9.7 km) from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783, decreasing to 2,105 at the 2011 Census. Colyton is a major part of the Coly Valley electoral ward. The ward populace at the above census was 4,493. Colyton first appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD and attributes in the Domesday Book as ‘Culitone’. The third code of legislation of King Edmund I was released at Colyton in about 945. This aided to stabilize feudal society, by specifying plainly its 4 columns: royalty, lordship, family members, and neighbourhood. It grew into a vital agricultural centre as well as market community with a corn mill, saw mill, iron factory and also an oak bark tannery that is still functioning. Positioned 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometres) to the north of the community was Colcombe Castle, currently destroyed, a previous seat of the Courtenay household, Earls of Devon. Adhering to the attainder of the Marquis of Exeter the Courtenay lands escheated to the Crown, and also those within Colyton were offered back for £ 1,000 to various homeowners of Colyton church, as provided in an action recorded in the Letters and also Documents of Henry VIII dated 6 January 1547, summarised as “John Clarke and also others. Grant in complimentary socage, based on leas and so on (defined), for l,000 l, of the complying with lands (degrees provided) in the parish of Colyton, which are parcels of Colyton estate, Devon, and belonged to Henry Marquis of Exeter, attainted”. This was the origin of the Feoffees of Colyton, that remained to keep in usual various residential properties in the church. The town has actually been called “the most rebellious community in Devon” due to the variety of its inhabitants who signed up with the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.