Founded in 1994, the Woodbury History Society includes our neighbouring villages of Woodbury Salterton and Exton, both of whom have made significant contributions to life and events within Woodbury Parish.
This ancient Woodbury, nestling beneath the Iron Age fort of Woodbury Castle, is in East Devon, and has given its name to many communities throughout the world, mainly as a result of resident explorers who settled in new colonies in the "New World", Australia and New Zealand.
The Society holds a large collection of documents, records, publications and historical images, many of which are published on this site, accessed via the menu bar at the top of the page. (or top left if viewing on a mobile device).
Membership is currently (2025) at around 86, and meetings at the Woodbury Village Hall are held bi-monthly, details on the "Meetings" page. We are very lucky to be able to secure some very knowledgeable speakers who can explore historical topics in an involving manner.
This website is under periodical "updating", but you can read how it began on the "How it started" page.
Please feel free to explore this site, gain knowledge of your community and hopefully we can tempt you to come to one of our meetings at the village hall.
To contact the Society for any reason, please reach out via the Contacts page.
Thank you.
This ancient Woodbury, nestling beneath the Iron Age fort of Woodbury Castle, is in East Devon, and has given its name to many communities throughout the world, mainly as a result of resident explorers who settled in new colonies in the "New World", Australia and New Zealand.
The Society holds a large collection of documents, records, publications and historical images, many of which are published on this site, accessed via the menu bar at the top of the page. (or top left if viewing on a mobile device).
Membership is currently (2025) at around 86, and meetings at the Woodbury Village Hall are held bi-monthly, details on the "Meetings" page. We are very lucky to be able to secure some very knowledgeable speakers who can explore historical topics in an involving manner.
This website is under periodical "updating", but you can read how it began on the "How it started" page.
Please feel free to explore this site, gain knowledge of your community and hopefully we can tempt you to come to one of our meetings at the village hall.
To contact the Society for any reason, please reach out via the Contacts page.
Thank you.
*NEW* A series of articles written by Gill Selley and published over the years in the Woodbury News. The first batch are now published, to be found under "Publications, Gill Selley Articles". So far you can read the first 14 of 30 (or more!). These give a flavour of life in the village during past times.
The next History Society meeting is the 5th March, 2026, 7-30pm WVH:
Andrew Chatterton, 'Britians secret defence forces in WW2'
Andrew Chatterton is a Second World War historian and Public Relations professional. His role as Press Officer for the Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) led to his fascination with the secret layers of defense in place in case of an attempted German invasion during the Second World War.
Visiting non members welcome, addmission £4
Click here to read the 2025 year News Letter. Thanks go to the Editor, Malcolm Randle.