Coldridge or Coleridge[1] is a village and parish in Devon, England. It appears in the Doomsday Book as Colrige 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]

Coldridge
St Matthew's Church, Coldridge
Coldridge Location within Devon
Population	498 (2011 UK Census)
District	Mid Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Crediton
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Central Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50.853359°N 3.85166°W / 50.853359; -3.85166

In 2021, investigations started as to whether John Evans, a mediaeval lord of the manor buried in the church, may in reality have been the missing Edward V, one of the princes in the Tower, whose mother Elizabeth Woodville travelled to Devon in 1484 and whose son Thomas Grey owned land at Coldridge. The church contains an unusual stained glass portrait of Edward V, and other alleged clues. The investigations have been set up by writer and historian Philippa Langley, and follow suggestions originally made in the 1920s by local historian Beatrix Cresswell.[5][6]

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