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

There is no Friday evening meeting in October, but on Wednesday 7th October, we have arranged a group tour of Stover Country Park and the Granite Lodge gatehouse, as a follow-up to the mid-April talk on this subject. Members and guests only; details have been sent to members.

The next Friday meeting will be on the 6th November, when Dr Todd Gray will give a talk on Exeter and the British Empire.

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

Latest updates

[5/8/26] Added route description for Walk 9
[17/8/26] Added route description for Walk 10
[28/8/26] Added route descriptions for Walks 11 & 12
[1/9/26] Updated/corrected several URLs on Links page