The success of the horsehair industry in Castle Cary was at least partly due to the availability of the hair as many horses were bred in the area i
Since 1940 about 94 acres of grassland ploughed up; some land taken for military use in Codford’s Manor Farm. At the larger East Farm, almost 400 a
By 1766 Bishop Newton recorded a total of 42 Jews in the city, 40 of whom lived in Temple.
In the period 1532 to 1552 a total of 3,139 apprentices were registered, of whom 766 came from within Bristol, and 456 from Wales.
In 1851 there were only 13 Dulverton people in Wales, mainly wives and servants, but by 1891 there were 102.
One of the purposes of the inventory was to determine the probate fees, so the inventory was valued.
Most Exmoor place names are of Old English origin and represent features of the landscape.
Exmoor National Park Authority bought the Simonsbath sawmill from the Fortescue estate in the 1990s to safeguard the character of the building and
The farming year on Exmoor required seasonal movement of animals to make maximum use of grass growth during the summer months and to provide the li
