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this point the boundary runs on the same hne as the 

 county boundary up to Danes Brook, past Hawk- 

 ridge and Lyshwell to Wilhngford, and up Litton 

 Water to Darlick Corner near the Sandiway Inn, thus 

 leaving Anstey, Molland, and Cuzzicombe Commons 

 on the left ; then along the line of the lane from 

 Darlick Corner, across the Simonsbath Yard Down 

 road, and over Span Head to Moles Chamber. 

 From Moles Chamber the line ran across the 

 Simonsbath — Challacombe road and up beside the 

 track — which is the old road to Lynton — to Wood 

 Barrow ; thence down the little water to Sadler's 

 Stone — where the gate is now— and along the wall 

 separating The Chains from Furze Hill and Lynton 

 Commons to Hoar Oak, Brendon Two Gates, and 

 Badgworthy Water. Down Badgworthy Water to 

 Southern Wood, and up the steep hill-side to County 

 Gate. 



This included in the bounds of the forest most of 

 the parishes of Exford and Winsford, and the whole 

 of Hawkridge and Withypool, all outside this line 

 being disafforested, but it excluded Brendon, Lynton, 

 Challacombe, and all the other commons in Devon. 



A curious footnote to this perambulation is worth 

 being reproduced, as it shows how our liberties were 

 purchased by hard cash, and how strenuously the 

 officials of the forests clung on to their jurisdiction. 

 It runs as follows : 



" Moreover all other woods which were afforested 

 after the coronation of King Henry, grandfather to 



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