Coldridge
| Coldridge | |
|---|---|
 St Matthew's Church, Coldridge | |
  Coldridge Location withinDevon | |
| Population | 498 (2011 UK Census) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Crediton |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
ColdridgeorColeridge[1]is a village and parish inDevon,England. It appears in theDomesday Bookof 1086 asColrige,which is thought to mean ‘the ridge where charcoal is made’.[2]It has a church dedicated to St Matthew dating from the 15th and early 16th century which is a Grade I listed building.[3][4]
In 2021, investigations started as to whether John Evans, a medieval lord of the manor buried in the church, may in reality have been the missingEdward V,one of theprinces in the Tower,whose motherElizabeth Woodvilletravelled to Devon in 1484 and whose sonThomas Greyowned land at Coldridge. The church contains an unusualstained glassportrait of Edward V, and other alleged clues. The investigations have been set up by writer and historianPhilippa Langley,and follow suggestions originally made in the 1920s by local historian Beatrix Cresswell.[5][6]
The name "Coleridge" is borne (among others) by a number of people associated withEton College,including
- SirNicholas Coleridge,currently (October 2023) the provost-elect
- Frederick John Randolph Coleridge (vice-provost 1967-79)[7]
- Coleridge House, a former boarding house demolished in 1937[8]
References
[edit]- ^"History of Coldridge in Mid Devon".Vision of Britain.Retrieved19 September2019.
- ^"Coldridge, Devon".Rootsweb.Retrieved1 November2016.
- ^"Coldridge".Devon County Council.Archived fromthe originalon 3 November 2016.Retrieved1 November2016.
- ^"St Matthew, Coldridge".A church near you.Retrieved1 November2016.
- ^"Devon church holds clues to Princes in the Tower mystery",Diocese of Exeter,4 January 2022.Retrieved 9 January 2022
- ^St Matthew's Church,VisitMidDevon.Retrieved 9 January 2022
- ^"COLL VP 03 | Eton Collections".
- ^"FDA-E.509-2013 | Eton Collections".
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