A peaceful hamlet with a charming 13th century thatched inn by the side of a brook. Tales are told the inn being a monk's retreat and a story of Charles I reviewing his troops from Spencer cottage. From the late 1700's this was a coach stop, on a route from Taunton-Oakhampton and from London-Stratton, Cornwall. To have travelled from London (184 miles) by coach with the minimum post chaise and pair would have cost each traveler 9 pounds 5 shillings.
Coleford is a hamlet, with several shops and farms; It has a chapel of the Plymouth Brethren, and was formerly a Roman settlement.
There is a letter box at Coleford.
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