This summer, we were very pleased to receive a collection of the papers of Dr Ernest Mold, a Lynton, Parracombe and Brendon GP, who had a lifelong interest in the history and pre-history of Exmoor.
Walter Raymond’s The Book of Simple Delights, held and available to read in The Exmoor Society’s Library, is a gently beguiling account of how, in 1905, the author rented a cottage in Withypool because he ‘was yearning for the simple life’.
A couple of weeks ago, an Exmoor Society member kindly gave the Archive a copy of the very first edition of the Country Life Magazine, a copy which had been passed down through her family.
The Exmoor Society Archive is run by a small team of enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers, and in the last 6 months, we have welcomed 3 additional people to our group, bringing our numbers up to 8.
The South West Heritage Trust has recently released a new website featuring 78 interviews of a wide range of Exmoor people, mostly recorded between 2000-2002, from chambermaids to blacksmiths, farm workers to landed gentry.
