Dulverton, Somerset - Exmoor, Town Square - postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Town Square, Dulverton, Exmoor, West Somerset
• Publisher:  The Picture Postcard Company UK
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Dulverton is a town and civil parish in the heart of West Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town has a population of 1,486.^[1] The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north west of Dulverton. To the west of the hamlet lies Ashwich House, built in the Edwardian style in 1901.^[2]

Dulverton is a popular tourist destination for exploring Exmoor, and is home to the Exmoor National Park Authority headquarters.

The name Dulverton was first recorded in 1084 as dieglaford-tun meaning ""hidden ford""-tun.^[3] The Domesday Book records it as Dolvertune and suggests it was a royal manor before the Norman Conquest.^[4]

The town lies below the iron age hillforts of Oldberry Castle,^[4] Mounsey Castle^[3] and Brewer's Castle.^[5]

The manor was granted to the Turbervilles by William I and in the late 12th century they gave the church and some land to Taunton Priory. The remainder of the manor passed to the Shete family.^[4] The parish of Dulverton was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred.^[6]

The Middle Ages saw continued growth and the establishment of fairs and markets, with several small industries based upon the traditions of upland farming and the wool trade.^[3] These include related works such as laundries: originally used for the washing of sheep fleeces in the leats feeding the wide and fast-flowing River Barle, the surviving 19th-century industrial laundries^[7] continue to provide a service to surrounding businesses. The market house in Fore Street, which is believed to date from 1760, was converted into the town hall in 1866,^[3] with the porch and external double staircase being added in 1930 by Sir Albert Richardson.^[8]

The manor was held by the Sydenhams, who had acquired it in 1568, until 1858 when it was sold to the Earl of Carnarvon.^[3]

Exmoor House was built as the Dulverton Union Workhouse in 1855. It is now the headquarters of the Exmoor National Park Authority.^[9][10]

Private housing stock generally ranges from medium-size to substantial Georgian to late Victorian family houses, with a small estate of post-war modern houses and bungalows towards the north of town.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=somerset

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted