Copplestone, partly in Crediton and partly in Colebrook and Down St. Mary parishes, has a station on the North Devon railway, and is 6 ½ miles north-west from Crediton station. Copplestone Cross, which stands at the junction of Crediton parish with those of Colebrook and Down St. Mary, is a massive shaft of granite, 10 feet 6 inches high and about 1 foot 6 inches thick; the sides are panelled in three divisions, each ornamented with interlaced work, but the head is lost; this venerable landmark is mentioned in a Saxon charter of A.D. 974 and is possibly of a date anterior to the establishment here of the see of Devonshire.