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Cotleigh
Location within Devon
OS grid reference ST2002
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Honiton
Postcode district EX14
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50°49′N3°08′W / 50.81°N 3.13°W / 50.81; -3.13 Coordinates: 50°49′N3°08′W / 50.81°N 3.13°W / 50.81; -3.13

Cotleigh is a village and civil parish near Honiton in Devon, England. [1] [2] [3] It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Upottery, Stockland, Offwell and Monkton. [4] In the 19th century the rector of Cotleigh Devon was also rector of Barwick, Somerset. [5]

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References

  1. Cotleigh Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine "COTLEIGH is a small cluster of houses on a high ridge of the Blackdown Hills. The church (St. Petrock) is mostly 15th century, pleasant but of no great interest,"
  2. Ewart L. Page Some Notes on Cotleigh and Cotleigh Church 1994
  3. Tristram Risdon A chorographical description or survey of the county of Devon. 1811 Page 37 "(34) Cotleigh comes next, the lands of Richard de Rupe, alias Roch : from whose posterity it came 1c,"
  4. "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. pace The British critic, quarterly theological review, 1827 Volume 1 - Page 539 "DECEASED The Rev. W Michell, rector of Cotleigh and Barwick, Devon." [sic]