Copplestone

Copplestone

Coordinates: 50°48′N 3°45′W / 50.8°N 3.75°W / 50.8; -3.75

Copplestone
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Copplestone Cross
Copplestone is located in Devon
Copplestone

 Copplestone shown within Devon
Population 894 (2001)
OS grid reference SS7602
Parish Copplestone
District Mid Devon
Shire county Devon
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CREDITON
Postcode district EX17
Dialling code 01363
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Tiverton and Honiton
List of places: UK • England • Devon

Copplestone is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon in the English county of Devon. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 894.[1]

It can be found right in the middle of Devon half way between Exeter and Barnstaple on the A377, nestled in a valley.

The Tarka Line railway comes through the middle of the village and calls at Copplestone railway station.

Copplestone is surrounded by hills and is not far from Dartmoor to the east, which can be seen or Exmoor to the north which is a little farther away.

In the centre of the village is the Copplestone Cross, a decorated celtic granite cross It is mentioned in a charter in 974, but it is far older than that. It stands at the junction of three parishes, and has given a name to a once noted family in Devon, that comes into an old local rhyme: "Crocker, Cruwys, and Coplestone, When the Conqueror came were found at home." [2]

It stands 3.2 metres high, and is 0.6 metres square. Covered with intricate decoration, the granite for the cross must have been brought some 15 kilometres from Dartmoor, which suggests it had some deep cultural significance.

The surrounding countryside has been farmed since the earliest days of settlement, dating back to the time prior to the Roman control of the area.

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