In the late 1800's the village had a chapel, private school and a railway station (which still has train service ) on the North Devon Railway. In the village where the parishes of Crediton, Colebrooke and Down St. Mary meet, stands one of the most ancient christian relics of Devon: the Copplestone Cross or " the Copleston," as it is named in a charter circa a.d. 974.
Coplestone is a village and station on the North Devon Railway, 8 and half miles from Crediton, 13 and half from Exeter, 26 from Barnstaple, and 207 and quarter from London. There is a private school erected by the Misses Madge.
Sexton, Thomas Gibson Dickley
Post Office, Coplestone - Samuel Glanfield, receiver.
Letters, through Exeter, arrive at 4.30 a.m.; dispatched at 8.30 p.m..
Postal Telegraph Office, at the Railway station.
Railway Station, Coplestone, William Leaman, station master.
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