Uncategorised Archives - Hoar Oak Cottage

Peter Murray: A Scottish Shepherd on Exmoor

27/10/25

Image to go in here of Diary Page. Currently unavailable. Larkbarrow in 1892. This page from Robert Tait Little’s diary...

28/09/25

One man’s memoir of being a Knight tenant on Exmoor from 1845 to 1858. This blog will be used to...

02/07/25

A collection of all of the blogs and social media postings about the Virtual Visits Project – in chronological order………...

08/04/25

Below are a series of blogs posted during the 2025 year of The Soldiers of Hoar Oak Cottage exhibition. They...

02/01/25

Digital Archiving and Exmoor Sheep Records Over 2024, The Friends have been busy archiving, digitising and digitally archiving the many...

24/11/24

Were the Vellacotts at Hoar Oak affected? The sale of the Royal Forest of Exmoor in 1818 caused some anxiety...

14/11/24

Were the Vellacotts at Hoar Oak affected? The sale of the Royal Forest of Exmoor in 1818 caused some anxiety...

19/01/24

Last year, 2023, the Friends were pleased to support research undertaken jointly by the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter which...

02/12/23

Theme: Challenges – for the shepherd and the housewife. Two of the many, many challenges that would have face the...

27/11/23

In the Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage’s social media sites – Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – we have on occasion...

08/12/22

Stories and memories come in many shapes and this one is from a letter sent to the Voices Project by...

13/09/20

The diaries of Robert Tait Little – Head Shepherd on Exmoor (1870 to 1907) – and a native of Dumfries...