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.

TitleAuthor, Publication and ISBN No.Availability
* The Heritage of ExmoorR. A. Burton (1989) ISBN 0951441906 Self-publishedAvailable in or to order from public libraries. Purchase online.
* Simonsbath. The inside story of an Exmoor VillageR.A.Burton (1994) ISBN 0951441914 Self-publishedAvailable in or to order from public libraries. Purchase online.
* A Little History of ExmoorH Bourne (1968) Publ. JMDent & Sons London.Available in, or to order from, public libraries. Purchase online.
Yesterday’s ExmoorH Eardley-Wilmot (1990) ISBN 086183173 X Publ. Exmoor BooksAvailable in, or to order from, public libraries. Purchase online
*Exmoor Sporting & OtherwiseH.J.Marshall (1948) Publ. Eyre & Spottiswoode LondonAvailable in, or to order from, public libraries. Can be purchased online. 
*The Reclamation of Exmoor ForestC.S.Orwin & R.J.Sellick (1970) Revision of 1929 edition. ISBN 0715349597 Publ. David & CharlesAvailable 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 – 1861An 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…..