Chudleigh

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Town in Devon, England

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::summary Town in Devon, England ::

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countryEngland
official_nameChudleigh
coordinates
static_image_nameChudleigh (cropped).jpg
static_image_captionChudleigh
population5,919
population_ref(2021 census)
shire_districtTeignbridge
shire_countyDevon
regionSouth West England
constituency_westminsterCentral Devon
post_townNEWTON ABBOT
postcode_districtTQ13
postcode_areaTQ
dial_code01626
os_grid_referenceSX865795
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| country = England | official_name = Chudleigh | coordinates = | static_image_name = Chudleigh (cropped).jpg | static_image_caption = Chudleigh | population = 5,919 | population_ref = (2021 census) | shire_district = Teignbridge | shire_county = Devon | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = Central Devon | post_town = NEWTON ABBOT | postcode_district = TQ13 | postcode_area = TQ | dial_code = 01626 | os_grid_reference = SX865795

Chudleigh () is an ancient wool town located within the Teignbridge District Council area of Devon, England; it is sited between Newton Abbot and Exeter. The electoral ward with the same name had a population of 5,919 at the 2021 census.

The name Chudleigh is derived from either the Old English cieddalēah meaning 'Ciedda's wood or clearing', or cēodlēah meaning 'bag wood or clearing', probably referring to a hollow.

Geography

Chudleigh is located in the Teign Valley and is close to the edge of Dartmoor. Nearby Castle Dyke is an Iron Age hillfort which demonstrates far earlier settlement in the area. It is also near to Haldon Forest, a Forestry Commission property. The town has been bypassed by the A38 road since 1972.

Great Fire of Chudleigh

| short_title = Chudleigh Rebuilding Act 1808 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act for the better and more easy rebuilding of the Town of Chudleigh, in the County of Devon; for determining Differences touching Houses demolished by the late Fire there; and for preventing future Danger by Fire. | year = 1808 | citation = 48 Geo. 3. c. lxxxix | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 1 June 1808 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo3/48/89/pdfs/ukla_18080089_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes The weather conditions in Devon in the year 1807 have been described as a drought. Weeks without rain left many people short of water and had farmers worrying about their crops. At around noon on 22 May, a small fire broke out in a pile of furze stacked near the ovens at a bakery in Culver Street (now New Exeter Street). According to later reports, the staff in the bakery seemed unaware of the danger this posed, but the fire, fed by the exceptionally dry fuel, exploded. In the shortest time imaginable, the fire had spread to the roof of the bakery (thatched, as were 90% of the houses in Chudleigh at the time) and huge hunks of burning reed and straw were swept aloft by a rapidly growing north-easterly wind. The fire destroyed around 180 of the 300 houses in the town.

Parish church

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The church of St Martin and St Mary was consecrated in 1259. The structure is medieval but was heavily restored in 1868. The rood screen has paintings of saints and prophets and the Courtenay family coat of arms.

In 1887, St Bridget's Abbey of Syon built a monastery, known as Chudleigh Abbey, which they occupied until 1925.

Town hall

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Chudleigh Town Hall, which was designed in the Italianate style, dates from 1865.

Historic estates

Various historic estates are situated in the parish of Chudleigh, including:

Ugbrooke House

Property of the Clifford family since 1604, Ugbrooke is an important stately house and family seat of the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh (a title created in 1672).

Whiteway

Whiteway House is a Grade II* listed Georgian house set in parkland miles north of Chudleigh, at the foot of the Haldon Hills, built in the 1770s by John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735–1788) of Saltram House, Plympton, Devon.

Hams

Hams Barton is a grade II* listed building, formerly the seat of the Hunt family, situated one-mile north-east of the town, near Kate Brook. The Hunt family was settled there before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Thomas Hunt (d.1548) was thrice Mayor of Exeter, including in 1517 and 1537. A fine banqueting room survives, called by Pevsner "the sumptuous first-floor great chamber, one of the best of its date in the county". Several monuments to the Hunt family survive in the Hunt Aisle in Chudleigh church.

Chudleigh Carnival

The carnival takes place annually in the second week in July and lasts a week.

Climate

| location = Chudleigh, 1981–2010 normals | collapsed = | metric first = y | single line = y | Jan high C = 8 | Feb high C = 8 | Mar high C = 10 | Apr high C = 13 | May high C = 16 | Jun high C = 19 | Jul high C = 21 | Aug high C = 21 | Sep high C = 18 | Oct high C = 15 | Nov high C = 11 | Dec high C = 9 | year high C = | Jan low C = 2 | Feb low C = 2 | Mar low C = 3 | Apr low C = 4 | May low C = 7 | Jun low C = 10 | Jul low C = 12 | Aug low C = 11 | Sep low C = 9 | Oct low C = 7 | Nov low C = 4 | Dec low C = 3 | year low C = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 110.0 | Feb precipitation mm = 83.9 | Mar precipitation mm = 80.5 | Apr precipitation mm = 63.2 | May precipitation mm = 66.1 | Jun precipitation mm = 56.1 | Jul precipitation mm = 57.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 62.9 | Sep precipitation mm = 69.5 | Oct precipitation mm = 108.6 | Nov precipitation mm = 104.8 | Dec precipitation mm = 121.8 | year precipitation mm =

| source 1 = Chelsa Climate

References

References

  1. {{cite EPD. 18
  2. "Chudleigh (Ward, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  3. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Devon/Chudleigh
  4. "Haldon Forest Park". Forestry Commission.
  5. "The Teign Valley Railway". Chudleigh History Group.
  6. Jones, Mary. (1875). "The History of Chudleigh, Devon". D. Drayton and Sons.
  7. Pevsner, N. (1952) ''South Devon''. (The Buildings of England.) Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 79
  8. "St Bridget's Abbey of Syon". Chudleigh History Group.
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  12. Jones 1875, p.154
  13. [[John Lambrick Vivian. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]], (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the [[Heraldic visitation. Heralds' Visitations]] of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.494, pedigree of "Hunt of Chudleigh"
  14. [[Nikolaus Pevsner. Pevsner, Nikolaus]] & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.264
  15. Jones; Pevsner
  16. "Carival". Chudleigh Town Council.
  17. "Climate diagrams – Chelsa Climate".

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