Chudleigh History Group

Preserving Our Parish History

Welcome to the Chudleigh History Group (CHG) website.

Here you will find information on CHG and an overview of Chudleigh's history (under 'About'); upcoming and past news items ('News'); scheduled talks, walks and visits ('Events'); research articles on town and parish history ('Articles'); publications by CHG or CHG members ('Publications'); a selection of old photographs and illustrations of local places ('Gallery') and links to a number of relevant external resources ('Links'). If you'd like to contact us to comment on this website or to request potential information we might hold on a topic of your own research, please use the 'Contact' page.

The History Group Logo

The History Group logo is in the form of a shield quartered and is a representation of four coats of arms belonging to families once influential in the parish, these being:

Pynsent Inglett

Eastchurch Wychalse

Upcoming events

Note that there is no meeting in September.

Recent events

On Sunday 11th August, 14 CHG members took a Redcoat tour of Exeter's Roman Walls. Over 3 hours, guided by Leslie, we learned that although the soldiers left the orginal Roman fort after only 40 years, the present town walls were Romano-British, built around 200CE, but much repaired by Saxons, Normans and Victorians (who also removed all the remaining gates) up to the present. Some 70% of the original walls remain. Most, if not all, of us had never walked many of the paths, alleys and roads next to the wall, so we also learnt much of the history of nearby structures. Our thanks to Chairman David Harrison for organising this trip.

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Latest updates

+ [15/7/24] Confirm changed date for Exter visit on Events page