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

Recent events

Latest updates

[15/2/26] Updated Baptist burial ground page
[16/3/26] Updated Culver House article and (PDF) report
[17/3/26] Updated Swanston House (PDF) report
[17/3/26] Updated Harcombe House article and added new (PDF) report
[18/3/26] Added new Pitt House article and (PDF) report
[19/3/26] Added new West End article and (PDF) report
[30/3/26] Updated Population article with 2021 census figure
[10/4/26] Added new Walks menu, links page and (PDF) route descriptions for Walks 1–4 of 16
[18/4/26] Updated Bishops Palace article