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The Hoar Oak Tree

18/02/19

There has been a Hoar Oak Tree from time immemorial, marking the boundary between the Royal Forest of Exmoor and...

27/08/18

The vast tracts of open heather moorland are one of Exmoor’s glories. At the height of its flowering in August,...

16/07/18

It is said that Eskimos have a hundred words for snow. Exmoor shepherds may have had as many for sheep....

08/07/18

The Barbrook school registers have given us a valuable insight into the lives of North Devon children including some that...

17/06/18

In an earlier post we learnt through a report in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette of 1876 how the school...

23/03/18

Sometimes, when doing archival research, a snippet of information which is a bit fun and seemingly not terribly relevant pops...

19/02/18

If you have always wanted to visit Hoar Oak Cottage but been wary of going there on your own –...

17/12/17

Welcome to our 2017 Seasons Greetings Newsblog And what better way to start than by sharing this lovely painting of...

03/12/17

We were so thrilled to have these two lovely entries into the Hoar Oak Cottage Drawing Competition at Lynton Library...

24/11/17

Congratulations to Ben Stevens, aged 9, who wins a £10 Book Token for his entry in the 500 Word Writing...

05/11/17

Ruth was the youngest child of Agnes Johnstone who was the youngest child of Sarah and James Maxwell Johnstone who...

05/11/17

Exmoor may seem like a forbidding, remote or even extreme environment to our modern minds. To the Scottish shepherds who...