One man’s memoir of being a Knight tenant on Exmoor from 1845 to 1858. This blog will be used to...
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We are loving these recent donations to the Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage Archive of two photos from Chris Jones....
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One of the smallest items in the Hoar Oak Cottage archive is a clay pipe discovered by one of the...
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The idea of big families – called ‘long families’ in old dialect – is often considered a characteristic of rural...
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In Britain, the expectation of a daily postal delivery might be considered a long-standing tradition – at least since 1635...
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When John Knight purchased the Royal Forest of Exmoor in 1818 he was keen on the idea of importing Scottish...
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Stories and memories come in many shapes and this one is from a letter sent to the Voices Project by...
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Exmoor may seem like a forbidding, remote or even extreme environment to our modern minds. To the Scottish shepherds who...
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History and Heritage in Flowers at St Johns Church Lynmouth The Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage were delighted to join...
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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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When the early shepherds travelled to Exmoor from Scotland with their sheep it was not surprising that they continued to...
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In 2016, South Molton artist Phil Rycroft painted this beautiful watercolour of Hoar Oak Cottage. We asked Phil to tell...
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