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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The market town of South Molton has T been a focus for its farming hinter- land for the last 1000 years. Established as a town in the twelfth century it became a borough with its own Mayor and Corporation at the end of the six- teenth century. Proud of its past the town is a popular place for those visiting North Devon on holiday and maintains a strong character of its own. The Book of South Molton combines a narrative history of the town’s long past with a strong selection of reminiscences. Many people have been interviewed who were brought up and lived in the town over the last 80 years and a collection of more than 200 photographs and draw- ings gathered together from across the community illustrates the changing face of the town over the last century. Jonathan Edmunds has written a number of local histories over the last 20 years. During his career as a teacher he worked in Essex Staffordshire and Oxfordshire as well as Devon and produced works about the different communities in which he worked. He believes that local history is a valuable way in which to foster a sense of community and feels that personal memories can so easily be forgotten if there is no outlet for them in books such as those in the Community History Series. (MP)