The Daisy Field
25/04/17
The Hoar Oak Cottage Fields Thanks to the 1836 Tithe Surveys and the Commutation Act of 1836 we learn the...
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The Housewifes Poem
22/01/17
Dorothy Little was the second to last housewife at Hoar Oak Cottage and the last housewife at The Mines Cottage....
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The Hunt and Shepherd Little
19/01/17
In the Exmoor book by H.J.Marshall (1948) Exmoor:Sporting and Otherwise the story is related about how Shepherd Will Little’s knowledge...
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Great Snow Storm of 1878
19/01/17
On March 29th 1878, Exmoor Head Shepherd Robert Tait Little (RTL) recorded in his diary: “Great Snow Storm. Lost 290...
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The Post Gets Delivered to Hoar Oak Cottage
19/01/17
Nicky Rowberry – one of the Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage – has been doing some archival research recently and...
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