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The history of Chudleigh, Devon: With a description of the surrounding scenery, seats, families, etc.

By

Mary Jones

London: Thomas W. Grattan, Exeter: A. Holden, Chudleigh, J.E. Searle (1852), vii, 210 pp. ill.

Prepared by Michael Steer

Chudleigh is a small town located in a beautiful valley near the River Teign; with easy access to any part of Devon and situated between Exeter and Plymouth with close proximity to Dartmoor. In medieval times this was a wool market town whose wool trade and related industry continued until the Industrial Revolution, when Chudleigh established a carriage trade. The fire of 1807 destroyed virtually the entire town with the exception of St. Martin's Church and a handful of cottages. As a Consequence of the fire there are few historic buildings left in the town other than the church; the old grammar school built in 1668 and located next to the church, now privately owned; and the archaeological fragments of the Bishop's Palace; and Ugbrooke House which is in close proximity to the town. This rare book was produced from a digital copy that can be downloaded from https://books.google.co.uk/books, with a search by either author or title. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.