In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cofton like this:
COFTON, a chapelry in Kenton parish, Devon; near the Starcross station of the South Devon railway, 6½ miles S by E of Exeter. Post town, Starcross, under Exeter. Pop., 450. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Exeter. Value, £100.* Patron, the Earl of Devon.
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Cofton through time
Cofton is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cofton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cofton, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24265
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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