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Extract from the Simonsbath Travel Guides:
At the centre of the National Park stands
Exmoor Forest
, the barest part of the moor, scarcely populated except by roaming sheep and a few red deer - the word "forest" denotes simply that it was a hunting reserve. In the middle of it stands the village of
SIMONSBATH
, at a crossroads between Lynton, Barnstaple and Minehead on the River Barle. The village was home to the Knight family, who bought the forest in 1818 and, by introducing tenant farmers, building roads and importing sheep, brought systematic agriculture to an area that had never before produced any income. The Knights also built a wall round thei...
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