The 2,700 sq. Many unexplained events, mysterious disappearances and ghost sightings reported in this small town. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. The Dudleytown Historic District, also known as Clapboard Hill is a historic district in Guilford, Connecticut.Extending along Clapboard Hill Road for 1.4 miles (2.3 km), it encompasses a landscape whose land usage encapsulates all of the major regional rural development trends from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. Find 9 photos of the 85 Dudley Town Rd home on Zillow. The town was not around long, it was established in the 1740’s and was soon abandoned in the 1800’s. Dudleytown was part of a small settlement in Cornwall, Connecticut. Dudley plotted to escape from the Tower, and by August, 1510, Henry VIII gave the order to execute. Dudleytown was never an actual town. It would be Robert’s descendant William, who would later settle in Guilford, Connecticut. History. 85 Dudley Town Rd , Windsor, CT 06095-2636 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $399,000. Abiel, Barzallai and Gideon, William’s descendants, would later buy the land that became Dudleytown. Dudley was executed on Tower Hill on August 17, 1510 in what G. J. Meyer termed “a cynical act of judicial murder, done purely for political and propaganda purposes.” At the time of his death, a curse was also placed on Dudley and his family. The town turned into a horrible place where people committed suicide or went insane. The area that became known as Dudleytown was settled in the early 1740s by Thomas Griffis, followed by Gideon Dudley and, by 1753, Barzillai Dudley and Abiel Dudley; Martin Dudley joined them a few years later. [Julie, 08/09/2018] CT's Cursed Dudleytown off limits to trespassing zombies. By the 1800s, Dudleytown was abandoned and it became famous as America’s own Village of the Damned. MLS # 170362548 Dudleytown was never an actual town. Legend tells a centuries-old curse was placed upon Dudleytown in Connecticut. John Dudley’s third son, Robert, who was also the Earl of Leicester, decided to leave England and travel to the New World. His descendant, William Dudley, was the first to come to Connecticut, settling in Guilford. The name was given at an unknown date to a portion of Cornwall that included several members of the Dudley family. ft. home is a 3 bed, 4.0 bath property. Three of his descendants moved to the Cornwall hills in the middle of the 1700's. The name was given at an unknown date to a portion of Cornwall that included several members of the Dudley family. Cursed Dudleytown Ghost Village. August 20, 2018. Dudleytown is a ghost town, located in northwestern Connecticut within the town of Cornwall. Every state has its own eccentricities, unique urban legends that color one’s perceptions of the landscape at night and feed the imaginations of children and teens. The town was never officially named Dudleytown but because several members of the Dudley family moved to that area, it was often referenced as “Dudleytown”. In a Halloween preemptive maneuver, owners of the land on which the cursed and haunted ruin of Dudleytown is located have issued an official press release:... [10/22/2001] Complete News Story. Located in the north-west corner of Connecticut, the town of Cornwall has a population of fewer than 1500 people according to a recent census.