Books
Includes books about or referencing Hoar Oak Cottage (marked with *) as well as books about the history and heritage of Exmoor more generally.
This list gives the citation for books and, if known, where a copy is kept or may be obtained from. This is a work in progress and will be added to. Please check back for updates.
| Title | Author, Publication and ISBN No. | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| * The Heritage of Exmoor | R. A. Burton (1989) ISBN 0951441906 Self-published | Available in or to order from public libraries. Purchase online. |
| * Simonsbath. The inside story of an Exmoor Village | R.A.Burton (1994) ISBN 0951441914 Self-published | Available in or to order from public libraries. Purchase online. |
| * A Little History of Exmoor | H Bourne (1968) Publ. JMDent & Sons London. | Available in, or to order from, public libraries. Purchase online. |
| Yesterday’s Exmoor | H Eardley-Wilmot (1990) ISBN 086183173 X Publ. Exmoor Books | Available in, or to order from, public libraries. Purchase online |
| *Exmoor Sporting & Otherwise | H.J.Marshall (1948) Publ. Eyre & Spottiswoode London | Available in, or to order from, public libraries. Can be purchased online. |
| *The Reclamation of Exmoor Forest | C.S.Orwin & R.J.Sellick (1970) Revision of 1929 edition. ISBN 0715349597 Publ. David & Charles | Available in, or to order from, public libraries. Purchase online. |
| Exmoor Memories. | A.G.Bradley (1926) Publ. Methuen & Co London with 16 illustrations | Can be found to purchase online. |
| A History of the Forest of Exmoor | Edward T MacDermot (1973) including new introduction by R J Sellick (1973). Reproduction of original 1911 edition includes author’s revisions of 1939 with certain other corrections and amendments compiled from his papers in 1972. ISBN 0 7513 5752 2 Publ. David and Charles Reprints. | Can be found to purchase online and in some libraries. |
| A Filthy Barren Ground. Exmoor in the 1850s. An evocation of life on the Moors recorded by the Rev William Thornton first curate of the Parish of Exmoor 1856 – 1861 | An Exmoor Microstudy from B-C Press. ISBN 1 899010 35 1 Copyright Victor Bonham-Carter First published 1998. | Available to purchase online. Also try www.exmoorsociety.com. |
More to come…..