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

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

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