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'); scheduled talks, walks and visits ('Events'); research articles on town and parish history ('Articles'); local historical walks ('Walks'); 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

— Walks 9–12 are also now available on the website —

Recent events

On 7th October, CHG members had a guided walk around Stover Country Park, including a visit to the Granite Lodge gatehouse (with a viewing of the interior). We also heard about the history of Stover Park and House of the Templer family and their canal and tramway enterprises, and a walk along the (partially restored but currently dried up) Serpentine Lake.

Latest updates

[28/8/26] Added route descriptions for Walks 11 & 12
[1/9/26] Updated/corrected several URLs on Links page