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Withypool

"WITHYPOOL, a parish in the hundred of Williton, county Somerset, 8 miles N.W. of Dulverton, and 10 N.E. of Dunster. The village is situated on the N. bank of the river Barle, a feeder of the Exe. A large portion of the parish, adjoining Exmoor Forest, is in common and moorland. It is celebrated for a choice breed of small horned sheep and North Devon cattle. The soil is shellet and peat on a subsoil of rock. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Hawkridge, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

• Postcards of Withypool

• Details of Somerset Heritage Centre holdings relating to this parish.

Church Records

• Withypool Baptismal, Marriage and Burial Transcripts provided by Martin Southwood.

Court Records

• Transcription, by Angela Bavidge, of the Report in the North Devon Journal Herald (of 3 Sep 1929) of the trial of Abraham Reed, including testimony by several North Molton witnesses. Relates to a murder in Withypool.

Land and Property

• Abstract of an Indenture dated 30 Jan 1728 between Hugh Portbury of Hawkridge and Robert Cutcliffe of Ilfordcombe (Devon) regarding a tenement called Wayhouse in Withypool. Surnames mentioned: Cutcliffe, Portbury, Frogwell, Hill, Richards, Hornby, Hawell, Greenslade. (Supplied by Linda Sanderson.)

Maps

• The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 1st edition (c.1884-1887) map of the area provided by Somerset Heritage Centre.

• The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 2nd edition (c.1900) map of the area provided by Somerset Heritage Centre.

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