Cheldon is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, north-west of Exeter, now in the parish of

Chulmleigh Chulmleigh ( ) is a small Saxon hilltop market town and civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It is located north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon boundary, linked by the A377 and B ...

, in the North Devon district, in the county of

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

, England. In 1961, the parish had a population of 32.

Features

Cheldon has a church called St Mary with a 12th century font and 16th century bells.

History

The name "Cheldon" means "Ceadela's hill". Cheldon was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

as ''Cadeldone''/''Cheledone''/''Cha(d)eledona''. The parish was historically in the Witheridge hundred. On 1 April 1986, the civil parish was abolished and merged with

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Villages in Devon Former civil parishes in Devon Chulmleigh {{Devon-stub