Collaton St Mary

J.R. Hogg, lord of the manor of nearby Blagdon, in memory of his daughter who died in 1864.

has changed many times, dependent on the surname of its holders, the first suffix being Coleton Clavill[7] (or Colaton Clavell[8]), after the Claville family.

[9] The subsequent holder was the Dennis family, Latinized to Dacus, "the Dane/Danish", which had branches at Orleigh and at Holcombe Burnell, also in Devon.

During the reign of King Edward I (1272-1307) Sir Nicholas Kirkham, Sheriff of Devon in 1308/9,[10] of Ashcombe, married Agatha Dennis, sister and heiress of Sir Robert Dennis (d.pre-1307) of Blagdon, and following the death of Sir Robert Dennis the manor of Blagdon and others including Colaton-Clavil, passed to the Kirkham family, which shortly thereafter moved their seat to Blagdon.

The parish was created in 1864 and the foundation stone of St Mary's church was laid on 21 September of that year.