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family's move to Castle Hill in 1932 on the death of her grandfather the 4th Earl. She recalled in 2001 that Diana Lodge then had panelled rooms downstairs, still in existence, with primitive bedrooms upstairs, linoleum on the floor and one bathroom between the whole family. It was always cold and was heated by smoky peat fires. There was a large team of domestic staff to serve the family, including butler, footman, valet, lady's maid, housemaids, cook, kitchen maids, a scullery maid and odd-job man, some of whom lived in the village. Much of her time was spent hunting on Exmoor with the rest of her family and her young cousins, the children of her uncle Hon. Denzil
Fortescue, later the 6th Earl, who had rented nearby Emmett's Grange.
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614:"Particulars of a freehold farm belonging to His Majesty and of the allotments (tithe free) made to His Majesty on the Inclosure of Exmoor Forest in the counties of Somerset and Devon to be sold by public tender on 23d day of July 1818, viz. the farm called Simon's Bath Farm situated within the said forest (which farm is enclosed & separated from the unenclosed land) containing by estimation 108 a(cres) 2 r(ods) 0 p(erches) & these several allotments of waste land situated in the center of the said forest contiguous & adjoining to each other and to the farm above mentioned & numbered on the map 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 and containing in the whole 10,262 a(cres) 1 r(od) 6 p(erches). In one lot".
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her own employees, not renewing tenancies on farms when they expired. She established five large flocks of sheep and two large cattle herds, the latter based at
Cornham and Simonsbath Barton. Simonsbath sawmill was closed down as it was unprofitable. In 1989 Lady Margaret handed over the family estates to her daughter the Countess of Arran, who, later on, sold the remainder of the Simonsbath estate, namely the Barton and Cornham, to John Ewart, a keen follower of the Staghounds, whilst Exmoor National Park purchased much of the moorland. Some of the houses, however, were retained where occupied by retired Fortescue employees.
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National Park expiring in 2031. Also included was a five-bedroom house, another of four bedrooms, and a range of buildings and cottages. The land was then generating £378,333 per annum in government farming grants and subsidies, whilst further profit was accruing from the farming operations which comprised a 640-head home-bred suckler calf herd and a flock of 2,500 Scotch Blackface ewes. The asking price was £4 1/2 million.
811:(d.1952), who had leased Honeymead since 1924, including the farmsteads of Honeymead, Pickedstones and Winstitchen. The remainder of the estate continued to be held by the Fortescues until after the death of the 5th Earl in 1958, when the latter's eldest daughter and co-heiress, Lady Margaret Fortescue (b. 1923), sold much of the Simonsbath estate, together with much of the two Fortescue estates centred on
690:"The mansion was never finished; cultivation has not spread far from the farmstead centres; the walls bother the sportsman more than the deer; and the bogs are as deep, the inner recesses of the moors as wild and solitary, and the coarse grass, and the bracken, and the heathers supreme in their occupancy mile after mile, as if no effort had ever been made to redeem its mingled wildness and sterility."
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659:, Worcestershire, whose bid was £50,122. He thus acquired 10,262 1/4 acres, and soon thereafter set about buying up the allotments made to the former graziers and owner of the tithes. This brought his holding to about 20,000 acres. Knight was descended from a wealthy family of Ironmasters. Knight set about converting the Royal Forest, covering land now within the
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682:(1812–1897), KCB, MP, who assumed management in 1841, built most of the large farms in the central section of the moor and laid down 22 miles (35 km) of metalled access roads to Simonsbath. He built a 29 miles (47 km) stone wall around his estate, parts of which still survive. However, progress was slow, and
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It was a decision she said in 2001 that she then regretted, but had been advised at the time not to burden the remaining estate with the large borrowing required to meet the tax bill. She did, however, retain what she termed "the heart of the Exmoor estate" and started to farm this land in-hand using
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When known as the
William Rufus Inn, it was said to be the haunt of the noted Exmoor Highwayman Tom Faggus, who married 'Girt Jan Ridds' sister whose exploits are recorded in 'Lorna Doone'. Once it was said, Faggus's enemies laid a trap to catch him in the Inn, but Faggus whistled for his strawberry
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The Exmoor Forest Inn was originally known as the
Refreshment House, then from 1885 The William Rufus Inn and then The Exmoor Forest Hotel in 1901. For a while it was split in half with the nearest part to the road being the Temperance Hotel, until re-united in 1909. It was teetotal until 1933 when
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of Exmoor, the summary heading of which was: "An Act for vesting in His
Majesty certain parts of the Forest of Exmoor otherwise Exmore in the counties of Somerset and Devon and for enclosing the said Forest". After the Forest had been split into allotments and these had been conveyed to the persons
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which has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers,
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extends to drive the machinery. It was built by John Knight, between 1818 and 1841, and was refurbished by
Viscount Ebrington in 1898. In 1996 it was bought by Exmoor National Park Authority and was restored in 2002–03 with Heritage Lottery Funding, with the intention of using it to make gates and
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Lodge after the Roman goddess of the hunt, moving back to the rebuilt Castle Hill in May 1936. Lady
Margaret Fortescue expressed very fond memories of her childhood at Simonsbath, where she lived between the ages of 11 and 13, having been brought up at Ebrington Manor in Gloucestershire until the
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Simonsbath, is a largely unaltered example of one of the 'Knight' farmsteads built in the 1840s with the intention of reclaiming large tracts of Exmoor Forest as agricultural land. The farmhouse is the southernmost range of buildings around a large rectangular open courtyard;
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groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public
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In June 2006 Ewart offered
Simonsbath Barton estate for sale via estate agents Savills and Strutt & Parker. This estate was built originally as the home-farm for Simonsbath House, and is situated nearby. The land offered comprised 2,080 acres freehold and a further 3,788 acres rented under a
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The mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C (47 °F). The average annual total rainfall is 69.6 inches (1,768 mm), although 7.35 inches (187 mm) fell in the 24-hour period preceding 10 a.m. on 16 August 1952, which was one of the contributory factors leading to the flooding in
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Stag wind-vane atop Diana Lodge (now Simonsbath House) the former hunting-box of the Earls Fortescue. The metal stag received a rifle bullet through the chest from Stan Curtis, the Fortescue bailiff, during a target-practice session with the young Fortescue boys on the opposite side of the
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is a 3 acres (1.2 ha) reservoir known as Pinkery Pond. It was formed by damming the River Barle, in the 19th century by John Knight and his son, and was originally intended to be 7 acres (2.8 ha). The purpose is unknown but close to the pond is the remains of a small canal.
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The reversion of the Simonsbath estate, (referred to also as the "Exmoor estate" by the Fortescues) comprising about 20,000 acres of Exmoor, was purchased from Sir Frederick Knight, following the early death of his only son Frederick Sebright Winn Knight, JP,
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water-powered sawmill in the village, which was damaged in the floods of 1992, has now been purchased by the National Park and returned to working order, making the footpath signs, gates, stiles, and bridges for various sites in the National Park.
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footpath signposts. However, in 2010 production was ceased, and it is now in the care of a volunteer group. It is a very rare survival of an estate sawmill that still retains its 19th-century machinery.
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transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.
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acres, and was formally allotted to him as his personal property in the same way as the other shares went to the traditional graziers and owner of the tithes (
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mare Winnie who jumped through the window and kicked all her masters enemies away from him. Faggus jumped on the mare's back and escaped.
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the parish of Exmoor was granted its excise licence. In 2005 the term 'Inn' was reinstated to the name, when the building was renovated.
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runs through the village and is crossed by a triple-arched medieval bridge that was extensively repaired after floods in 1952.
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and strategic planning. Local health services are managed by the Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust.
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Sales Particulars, Jackson Stops, English Heritage National Monuments Register SB00520 18 Sep 1959
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Acland's share of 1/8th in lieu of his right to tithes was specified in article 22 of the 1815 Act
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In 1927 the eastern part of the estate, comprising 1,745 acres, was sold to the industrialist Sir
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on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles (83 km) but with a population, at the time of the
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in the south east. The total population of this ward at the abovementioned election was 1,123.
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element in this place-name, not recorded before 1791, is easily accounted for: the
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Simonsbath is 1,250 feet (381 m) above sea level, in the valley of the
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Dobbie, C. H.; Wolf, P. O. (1953). "The Lynmouth Flood of August 1952".
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King's share specified as 12/22 in article 21 of the 1815 Act
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View from Simonsbath House downstream along the River Barle
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was built in 1654 by the merchant, lawyer and philosopher
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Reminiscences of Lady Margaret Fortescue recorded in 2001
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Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association.
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West Somerset: Romantic Routes and Mysterious Byways
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1802:"Greater Exmoor ward 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2015"
655:The highest bidder was John Knight of Lea Castle,
442:, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the
1972:Simonsbath: The Inside Story of an Exmoor Village
1889:Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
1705:Reminiscences of Lady Margaret Fortescue, op.cit.
908:Rooksfoot Cottage, Shoulsbarrow Farm, Challacombe
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829:Driver Cottages, Driver Farm, Simonsbath, Exmoor
1841:. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 107–108.
782:(1854–1932), whose family's principal seat was
647:, viewed from the south, with tomb monument of
572:who formerly possessed rights over the Forest,
870:Northbrook Cottage, Breadwick Farm, Kentisbury
847:Wintershead Cottages, Wintershead Farm, Exmoor
756:1905–26 and best known for his sixteen-volume
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1589:"Wheal Eliza mine, NE of Simonsbath, Exmoor"
1184:(to which this area gave its name) to early
873:Bridwick Cottage, Breadwick Farm, Kentisbury
484:signified "water, a pool". The identity of
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1644:"Exmoor National Park: Simonsbath sawmill"
1423:. Simonsbath House Outdoor Activity Centre
1421:"Simonsbath House Outdoor Activity Centre"
932:East Barton Gate Smallholding, Challacombe
929:West Barton Gate Smallholding, Challacombe
859:2 Wintershead Cottages, Simonsbath, Exmoor
850:1 Wintershead Cottages, Simonsbath, Exmoor
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838:Exmoor Forest Hotel, Simonsbath, Exmoor
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835:Hoar Oak Herding, Lynton and Lynmouth
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69:82.07 km (31.69 sq mi)
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1614:"Guided Tours of Simonsbath Sawmill"
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844:Wintershead Farm, Simonsbath, Exmoor
594:Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet
1672:"John William Fortescue and Exmoor"
1513:, No. 161 (March 1931: pp 119-125).
1255:"Exmoor Parish Council | Home"
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1567:National Heritage List for England
1399:National Heritage List for England
1394:"Simonsbath House Hotel (1058031)"
1318:National Heritage List for England
1123:Tiverton and Minehead constituency
938:Bickfont Smallholding, Challacombe
914:Challacombe Mill Farm, Challacombe
780:Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue
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1504:The Reclamation of Exmoor Forest
1131:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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890:Whitefield Barton, Challacombe
876:Wistlandpound Farm, Kentisbury
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792:Devon and Somerset Staghounds
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350:The River Barle at Simonsbath
2006:The Exmoor Chimney Sweep Ltd
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899:Home Place Farm, Challacombe
678:Knight and his son Col. Sir
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1482:. Skilton. pp. 32–33.
1344:The Modern Language Review
917:Twineford Farm, Challacombe
758:History of the British Army
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18:Human settlement in England
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893:Twitchen Farm, Challacombe
884:Westland Farm, Challacombe
867:Breadwick Farm, Kentisbury
643:Simonsbath Parish Church,
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494:View of Devonshire in 1630
2341:Villages in West Somerset
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1996:Map of Simonsbath c. 1900
1970:Burton, Roger A. (1996).
1947:. Devon History Selection
1135:Member of Parliament (MP)
1011:Local Government Act 1972
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1915:"Simonsbath (Somerset)"
1121:It is also part of the
1061:Somerset County Council
619:Purchase by John Knight
1816:"Exmoor National Park"
1478:Holt, Alan L. (1984).
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1508:The Economic Journal
1141:system of election.
1031:environmental health
661:Exmoor National Park
543:. The Grade II
194:Sovereign state
1925:on 7 September 2008
1275:on 22 November 2008
1139:first past the post
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991:neighbourhood watch
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417:Exmoor
230:Police
162:Region
117:Exmoor
2273:Upton
2173:Kilve
2158:Exton
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