In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coffinswell like this:
COFFINSWELL, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the Torquay railway, near Kings-Kerswell station, 4 miles SE of Newton-Abbot. It includes the hamlet of Daccombe; and its post town is Kings-Kerswell, under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 1, 126. Real property, £1, 784. Pop., 194. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir W. P. Carew, Bart. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of St. Mary-Church, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is old and neat, but not good.
Coffinswell through time
Coffinswell is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coffinswell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coffinswell, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5502
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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