Exmoor – Land of Goshen?
05/11/17
Exmoor may seem like a forbidding, remote or even extreme environment to our modern minds. To the Scottish shepherds who...
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Howatsons/Hewitsons of Badgeworthy
12/10/17
As part of the Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage’s researches for other Scottish shepherds on Exmoor we were contacted...
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The Graham Family: Scottish Migrants to Exmoor
11/10/17
The Graham Family: Scottish Migrants to Exmoor The Friends of Hoar Oak are always pleased to learn more about any...
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Shepherd Graham of Badgeworthy
30/09/17
Guest Blog from Donald Graham Donald Graham, pictured left, is a great great grandson of Thomas and Marion Graham nee...
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The Flora and Fauna of Exmoor
08/09/17
Exmoor’s scenery: open windswept moorland; sheltered wooded combes; the highest sea cliffs in England; bog, fast-rushing rivers and man-made lakes. With...
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Flower Festival in Lynmouth
30/08/17
History and Heritage in Flowers at St Johns Church Lynmouth The Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage were delighted to join...
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Looking for Sarah
20/07/17
Sarah’s Story In 1881, Sarah Thomason married James Maxwell Johnstone in a tiny church in the beautiful Welsh village of Betws...
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John Shortland, One Time Chair of the Friends, Discovers Hoar Oak
05/07/17
Forty-nine years ago, as a teenager fresh from school, I stumbled across an Exmoor farm and asked if I could...
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Thomas Johnstone on The Somme
24/06/17
Thomas Johnstone 100 Years Ago at Messines, Belgium June 1917 On the night of 9th June 1917, the 5th Battalion...
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Protecting sheep in winter
11/06/17
When the early shepherds travelled to Exmoor from Scotland with their sheep it was not surprising that they continued to...
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Guest Blog by Artist Phil Rycroft
11/06/17
In 2016, South Molton artist Phil Rycroft painted this beautiful watercolour of Hoar Oak Cottage. We asked Phil to tell...
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Guest Blog: Vellacotts of Tasmania
14/05/17
The Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage welcome guest bloggers and our very first are Rob and Elaine Vellacott from Tasmania,...
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