Copplestone
Copplestone (anciently Copleston, Coplestone etc.) is a village, former manor and civil parish in Mid Devon in the English county of Devon. It is not an ecclesiastical parish as it has no church of its own, which reflects its status as a relatively recent settlement which grew up around the ancient "Copleston Cross" (see below) that stands at the junction of the three ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Colebrooke, Crediton and Down St Mary.
The small parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Sandford, Crediton Hamlets, Colebrooke, Clannaborough, and Down St Mary. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 894, increasing to 1,253 in 2011. It is situated right in the middle of Devon halfway between Exeter and Barnstaple on the A377, nestled in a valley. Copplestone is a major part of the Yeo electoral ward whose total ward population was 3,488 at the above census.
The Tarka Line railway goes through the middle of the village and calls at Copplestone railway station. Copplestone is surrounded by hills and is not far from Dartmoor, visible to the east and Exmoor to the north, a little farther away. The surrounding countryside has been used for agriculture from before Roman occupation of the area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copplestone
Copplestone Parish Council
https://www.copplestoneparishcouncil.co.uk/
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Weather
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcj2ftrsk
OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Copplestone#map=14/50.8097/-3.7493
Devon County Council Map Viewer
Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on our Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics.
Genuki
GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Colebrooke
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Crediton
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DownStMary
Tithe Map
The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/colebrooke/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/crediton-1/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/crediton-2/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/crediton-3/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/down-st-mary/
